Four Years of Running a Sustainable SaaS: From $0 to $500 MRR
2025-05-11
This article details the author's four-year journey building OnlineOrNot, a self-funded SaaS. Working just two hours a day, they focused on iterative development, user feedback, and lean marketing to achieve $500 MRR. Key takeaways include prioritizing core features, rapid iteration, concise documentation, mobile-first design, and smart pricing. The author emphasizes avoiding feature bloat, premature optimization, and the importance of listening to user needs over building for hypothetical scenarios.
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