{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bootstrapper's Paradise","title":"Why Solving Your Own Problem Is An Advantage In B2B SaaS","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":197,"description":"There's a HUGE difference between solving your own problem and solving someone else's when you are trying to succeed in building a B2B SaaS.  Let's talk about the pros and cons of each approach.\nBuild a profitable B2B SaaS using AI for less than $750 - https://nxtstep.io/b2bsaas\nEpisode Transcript\n Hey folks, Sean here, and in this episode what I want to talk about is why I'm such an advocate for solving your own problem with your B2B SaaS, especially if you're doing this for the first time. Now, if I'm gonna start by describing what happens if you don't solve your own problem. There's a huge challenge that a lot of people that want to build a B2B SaaS to bring a potential solution to market.\nIf they're building for a target market that they're not intimately familiar with, I've done this too, so I can explain what some of the limitations will be if you attempt that strategy. Now, what you're probably not realizing when you begin this kind of venture of this journey is all the things you don't know about that target market.\nLike whatever it is problem wise, you want to try to solve. If you're not in it all day every day, or you haven't been in it four years, there's so much nuance you're going to miss and not understanding all of that detail is going to cause problems for you. The product, everything along the way is just gonna take longer and be harder.\nSo, Number one, whatever you're building for in terms of a target market, if it isn't one that you live in on a daily basis, you're gonna need to be really passionate about it because there's a lot you need to learn. You almost need to become whoever it is you're building for. And I'll give you an example.\nSo I've built products and human resources. I built products in marketing. We, I talked about my podcasting tool. Now evaluating, bringing a tool to market for the legal industry. One for the accounting industry, right? I like exploring different target markets, but I haven't professionally worked full-time in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B0rBF_s0upJdRqXoy4_4rHlfSlZONOaHnrUmmpOi708/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYmIx/MTMxNTExY2VjZjIz/NjEzNWFhNmI4OGZl/ZDliMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}