18:[[23399979,{"by":"9967d2cad_askhn","descendants":84,"id":23399979,"kids":[23401329,23402332,23402120,23400880,23402704,23402226,23401224,23402804,23401170,23402495,23400520,23401374,23401488,23402450,23402429,23400706,23402169,23410189,23402360,23402408,23402310,23402177,23400736,23413929,23400469,23400092,23401453,23401227,23408713,23404095,23415512,23402398,23402559,23412584,23403097,23400673,23402201,23412361,23402808,23400366],"score":135,"text":"I started a SaaS business official in May 2019. (Although I spent about 8 months developing the application). I didn't officially acquire my first customer until May 2019. Fast forward to May 2020, and I've got about 8 paying customers. I'm really proud and impressed by this accomplishment.

Growth is, however, slow. I have a good understanding of who my target customer is now, 1 year later, after talking to them and noticing common patterns in terms of their needs.

This is my first real business. I would really love to hear from someone experienced in building a SaaS business from scratch. Your insight would be appreciated. What should I expect in terms of growth? How fast did businesses grow in the beginning (BaseCamp, for example, Digital Ocean, MailChimp)?

Thanks","time":1591160894,"title":"Ask HN: When is it time to give up on a side project SaaS?","type":"story"}],[23170881,{"by":"dhr","descendants":2248,"id":23170881,"kids":[23182804,23175557,23177132,23186936,23191230,23183478,23178455,23171873,23177351,23185079,23177000,23187588,23176181,23176660,23177613,23178668,23184628,23191642,23176907,23180379,23182329,23182429,23176805,23181166,23180024,23186743,23178670,23189204,23180270,23182833,23181493,23181463,23178937,23176263,23185194,23178399,23176159,23177728,23185413,23179772,23180148,23185820,23177539,23177246,23179715,23186465,23183835,23179308,23172171,23186501,23177050,23180367,23192774,23176259,23176506,23185196,23178313,23186752,23178546,23186912,23178323,23175372,23179556,23179360,23175620,23177422,23183416,23202487,23187604,23187181,23175753,23175949,23179672,23179408,23185699,23183765,23191432,23192424,23189261,23180090,23176385,23180101,23178657,23189052,23185673,23173108,23184246,23179093,23183864,23176397,23179310,23177770,23183707,23172298,23192841,23206808,23194134,23189978,23177705,23177754,23183536,23175596,23175831,23191095,23186105,23178239,23189060,23176226,23180053,23178434,23189499,23188585,23175560,23190954,23176375,23181014,23187031,23193300,23178943,23176316,23177151,23181269,23179040,23195299,23183349,23183191,23176838,23178314,23187118,23171960,23179026,23193558,23175340,23180140,23178882,23193713,23182289,23172249,23176958,23184570,23175452,23176871,23180104,23176623,23191957,23188432,23183261,23178234,23182747,23185089,23179620,23193361,23173022,23177112,23178555,23179199,23175288,23180127,23181064,23186623,23176308,23187302,23180132,23180649,23184177,23178598,23175458,23179752,23179979,23193820,23179356,23176845,23171934,23179747,23176057,23176091,23190015,23183599,23176501,23192453,23176714,23176748,23179166,23184541,23178358,23195779,23178832,23179707,23205523,23178534,23190751,23180505,23191784,23176061,23178704,23179748,23190398,23187119,23190629,23185314,23179852,23175763,23181266,23175691,23187952,23185153,23189366,23177349,23178638,23179476,23175910,23175356,23189222,23183100,23175735,23193245,23172579,23181703,23175996,23172721,23185964,23178364,23176728,23179314,23185686,23191603,23176996,23177828,23188076,23186087,23177797,23185298,23177258,23179562,23189492,23175849,23178669,23177721,23175878,23179678,23182249,23178696,23180698,23176395,23177150,23175925,23185708,23178578,23175582,23172204,23185287,23187665,23198669,23177047,23192439,23178885,23178169,23182205,23188924,23177120,23190870,23183642,23178871,23191011,23187129,23187288,23178311,23179189,23183593,23177316,23181139,23258071,23185781,23192447,23179439,23178458,23177778,23176044,23175808,23182868,23192501,23180328,23189362,23176968,23175465,23179874,23179518,23190071,23191066,23179280,23175434,23206131,23178581,23178152,23186978,23178892,23191364,23187108,23179846,23178466,23179590,23179527,23191776,23173280,23179452,23176715,23182592,23179196,23184563,23179135,23193499,23176281,23178212,23178175,23180838,23203465,23178744,23200856,23189398,23178926,23185418,23178133,23176333,23181290,23179521,23176777,23177648,23177495,23179623,23176223,23184623,23178829,23177290,23179544,23175271,23176727,23178180,23184454,23176605,23178209,23186455,23189961,23185759,23175991,23180206,23177333,23197603,23177041,23190268,23189131,23265013,23179472,23173113,23176292,23176374,23178687,23185811,23189897,23177632,23186369,23184936,23177951,23176679,23179883,23177658,23185174,23198209,23186480,23178091,23190964,23175950,23203002,23175989,23189005,23177654,23184323,23178620,23184805,23178692,23190350,23191626,23180131,23178605,23176090,23177075,23185238,23176201,23177514,23178189,23173497,23179860,23181225,23203067,23181246,23179402,23190458,23184306,23181969,23180188,23176480,23177982,23202956,23177059,23177679,23173026,23182031,23179109,23176165,23178743,23177114,23193220,23205094,23176239,23183167,23176599,23175555,23172555,23187089,23193530,23176189,23191210,23190853,23175473,23180145,23189216,23177843,23194417,23182376,23178520,23178641,23179143,23178219,23190084,23177245,23186803,23219336,23189950,23181547,23187301,23178411,23177390,23178807,23177058,23175214,23176580,23172224,23186100,23175747,23180125,23172004,23177591,23179459,23184897,23178593,23176306,23183364,23189353,23177687,23172108,23189485,23187510,23179453,23202106,23179957,23204415,23181171,23180120,23176534,23186511,23187413,23176456,23208833,23178392,23185824,23176944,23178487,23180595,23175640,23179509,23179218,23176758,23177434,23177709,23179865,23175916,23182233,23191633,23178557,23183009,23202902,23210287,23176900,23181019,23195090,23180005,23179600,23185382,23188902,23185883,23175662,23177056,23190269,23187286,23186598,23177070,23177400,23177704,23186190,23184761,23177535,23177408,23177094,23208006,23201459,23175706,23185447,23191148,23179477,23174724,23179225,23180617,23176880,23182104,23179205,23180499,23176740,23185917,23177022,23176791,23179926,23179920,23176178,23178874,23177376,23190963,23179541,23178613,23190206,23196119,23177974,23180897,23187243,23176134,23177702,23180703,23182051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those who are still under lockdown, what are you working on / building / learning?

I've been making excessive amounts of bread.","time":1589398724,"title":"Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?","type":"story"}],[16783852,{"by":"wild_preference","descendants":97,"id":16783852,"kids":[16785108,16784267,16784609,16784452,16784146,16784523,16785147,16784136,16785331,16784456,16785372,16785125,16785550,16785324,16784607,16784260,16784516,16785221,16784378,16784126,16784651,16785060,16786533,16784667,16785342,16785289,16784150,16785086,16784580,16784351,16785229,16785092,16784641,16784438,16784123,16784480,16784153],"score":181,"text":"I've been taking a break from working to relax and visit some friends in a few countries. So I don't have a lot of money, but with my newfound free time, I've been inspired to take a shot at a few ideas I've always wanted to build.

One idea is particularly media heavy. I have 5+ TB of media that I'd like to build something around.

Services like S3 are pretty expensive, especially bandwidth. Backblaze has been trying to market their storage solution (https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html) against S3.

But I can get even cheaper by using low quality hardware and bandwidth like Kimsufi's 2TB machines for $10/mo (https://www.kimsufi.com/en/servers.xml).

Does anyone have another ideas for stretching a dollar?","time":1523147105,"title":"Ask HN: Clever ways to run a media-heavy website on a budget?","type":"story"}],[12071129,{"by":"michaeloblak","descendants":78,"id":12071129,"kids":[12073667,12072786,12073286,12072139,12072468,12073645,12072547,12074250,12071659,12072841,12075383,12076977,12075420,12073810,12072710],"score":163,"text":"Can anyone share an experience from selling a self-founded, single-person company?

Topic is created because of a comment in this[1] thread

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12065355","time":1468246215,"title":"Ask HN: Single-person company exit","type":"story"}]]

1.	Don't make customers think about whether they should pay you(krewast.de) 20 points by krewast 5 years ago \| 9 comments
2.	Don't make me think about whether I should pay you(krewast.de) 3 points by krewast 5 years ago \| 0 comments
3.	Ask HN: Application to store and tag articles as PDF? 2 points by krewast 9 years ago \| 2 comments

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