Indie SaaS founders struggle to find customers after launch
A founder built a complete SaaS product but got zero paying customers, concluding that distribution and customer acquisition, not product development, was the real bottleneck. This reflects a common structural gap for indie and early-stage builders who underinvest in go-to-market relative to building.
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Opinion post arguing that early-stage startups primarily struggle with getting attention rather than product quality, and that distribution is the real bottleneck at launch.
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