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Ask HN: Is freelancing a good path to building SaaS?

1 pointsby profstasiak11 months ago
I left my job, thinking I can get going with freelancing, and build my saas ideas in the freetime.<p>But then I noticed even when I have free time, my mind is always on the topic of freelancing.<p>Chasing new clients, writing blog content, answering to clients, networking etc.<p>I searched on HN and see a lot of commenting that freelancing might be a bad path if you want to have a SaaS company.<p>Maybe it&#x27;s better to have a job, don&#x27;t give 100% and just build after hours?<p>I guess many people here have been through that dilemma. What did you choose and why? What happened?

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createaccount9911 months ago
A plan that worked for me is to have a MVP product for free, then get some clients. Some of those clients will ask you for features, they pay you to implement them, and then you start selling those features.<p>My area was wordpress plugins, might not be viable for you.