@FilipPanoski: The hardest part of SaaS: Realizing nobody wants what you built. Then making the call: → Pivot → Persist → Kill it I bu…
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Filip Panoski shares his seven-year journey of building failed SaaS side projects, highlighting the importance of deciding to pivot, persist, or kill a project to eventually find success.
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The hardest part of SaaS:
Realizing nobody wants what you built.
Then making the call:
→ Pivot → Persist → Kill it
I built side projects for 7 years and made $0.
Those reps taught me what nobody buys. Eventually, one started working.
Keep going.
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