The Bootstrapped Mafia
The Bootstrapped Mafia
The Bootstrapped Mafia
Episode 17: Jay. Building a SaaS product with outsourced developers.
22 minutes Posted Apr 20, 2023 at 2:33 pm.
] How bootstrapping SaaS founder begin their journey.
] Cost, team composition, management, and other considerations while developing a SaaS application with outsourced developers.
] The issues and constraints of hourly-paid outsourced developers.
] CartFuel's MRR and Value Proposition.
] Searching the forums to find and validate a worthwhile idea.
] Building relationships, estimating costs and utilising UpWork to create an MVP.
] Finding the real pain-points of your target users and delivering on it.
] Creative cashflow management of non-technical founders.
] How to get the first 50+ paying users for a SaaS.
] On what to focus and what to track in a digital SaaS startup.
] Doing more customer research and finding more pain-points to ship an MVP.
] Advice for wannabe entrepreneurs and those with less than $2,000 MRR.
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Show notes
Previously, Jelani Abdus-Salaam was the lead VIP tech specialist at ClickFunnels, where he assisted Jay Abraham, Grant Gardone, Tony Robbins, and others. Following his time at ClickFunnels, he worked with high-profile digital entrepreneurs like Dan Lok, Alison Prince, Traffic and Funnels, Beau Crabill, and others, assisting them in developing conversion-optimized funnels, back-end automations, and systems to scale their businesses to multiples of millions.
Jay is now working on CartFuel.io, a technology that assists online businesses in increasing their AOV using conversion-optimized payment forms.
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Quotes
“Having two customer segments is a real mistake. You should have one customer segment only.“ - Jay
“All of the work that's being done is paid hourly so you have to manage cashflow.“ - Jay
“Customer success is a number one. If you're able to give that customer the desired outcome that they want and experience specific to them, you are able to scale.“ - Jay
“At $500 MRR, talk to your customer and try to understand why they use your product.“ - Jay
“Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Go and find products that already exist and find negative reviews.“ - Jay
Links
Follow the journey:
Twitter: twitter.com/jelanisince94
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jelaniabdussalaam
Cartfuel: cartfuel.io
Book with insights: Navigating The Bootstrapped Mafia
Connect with Bulat:
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