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skarmklarton How To Validate Product Ideas Before (And After) Building Them

I am writing a book on different ways to do this: http://www.howtofindsaasideas.com/

I hope to meet the great patio11 at Microconf soon btw, looking forward to it :)

skarmklarton SaaS Is Beautiful: 10 Key Facts About The Growing SaaS Market

Why do you think that is?

(Reason for asking: writing a book about SaaS. Writing a chapter on "why SaaS?" right now :))

skarmklarton How I thought I wanted to become a digital nomad

Malmö region guy here. Any digital nomad who wants to hang out, feel free to contact me. Email in profile.

skarmklarton Startup Ideas Every Nerd Has (That Never Work)

FWIW, I am writing a book to get you some part of the way to your goal: http://www.howtofindsaasideas.com

It's about finding/extracting ideas (from domain experts) and then testing them quickly.

(Apologies for the terrible landing page)

skarmklarton Ten Years of Bootstrapping: Lessons Learned

FWIW, I am writing a book about how to find and test such niches: http://www.howtofindsaasideas.com

(Apologies for the terrible landing page).

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FWIW, I'm writing a book on how to hopefully do just that: http://howtofindsaasideas.com/

(Apologies for the buggy landing page. New one coming soon. If signing up doesn't work, email me directly at info@howtofindsaasideas.com and I'll hook you up.)

skarmklarton Ask HN: Has anyone here self-published a book? Any advice?

Wow! That is very inspiring!

Maybe I could ask you a few questions over email? :)

skarmklarton Ask HN: Has anyone here self-published a book? Any advice?

As someone who is writing a book, that is hugely inspiring! Thanks!

Btw, does Gumroad support Bitcoins?

skarmklarton Hemlis Messenger: a safe alternative to SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, Kik etc.

"Hemlis" is kid Swedish for "secret".

skarmklarton Ask HN: What makes you go for it?

How do you usually test if your project ideas have market fit?

I'm writing a book about this very topic so I'm very interested obviously :)

skarmklarton AngularJS: an Overview

One thing that really impressed me is how Angular does dependency injection, seemingly through magic.

This blog explains more: http://www.alexrothenberg.com/2013/02/11/the-magic-behind-an...

skarmklarton Ask HN: what problems do you have in your company?

I doubt it. At least not yet :)

skarmklarton Ask HN: what problems do you have in your company?

This is an interesting book about how to effect change in organizations: http://www.hackingwork.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H07pbDhBgXg

Btw, what are some of those potential improvements that you have identified? :)

skarmklarton Ask HN: what problems do you have in your company?

Have you considered Bitcoin for your payments?

skarmklarton Is the term "lifestyle business" an insult?

Trying to fix it but I think it may be a Launchrock issue.

skarmklarton Is the term "lifestyle business" an insult?

I'm thinking there might be a market for micro-investing in lifestyle businesses. Like Kiva for micropreneurs.

skarmklarton Is the term "lifestyle business" an insult?

Thanks, I'll look into it.

skarmklarton Is the term "lifestyle business" an insult?

Checked your profile page and you seem to be doing some fascinating things with your company. Mind telling us more? :)

(Emailed you btw).

skarmklarton Is the term "lifestyle business" an insult?

How did you come up with the idea for that? :)

skarmklarton Is the term "lifestyle business" an insult?

Btw, I would love to interview you. Can I email you?

skarmklarton Is the term "lifestyle business" an insult?

Shameless plug: I am working on a book on how to find and test ideas for lifestyle businesses. Target demographic: HN coders who want to quit their jobs and become patio11* :)

http://howtofindsaasideas.com/

(Yes, I know the landing page sucks. New one will be rolled out shortly. If you run into any problems email me directly: info@howtofindsaasideas.com)

Would love any ideas and comments!

* I'm happy to let you know this SaaS demi-god has agreed to be interviewed in the book. Should be interesting.

skarmklarton Ask HN: what problems do you have in your company?

I'm kind of trying to teach the reader to become patio11 (and focusing on the initial stages of that).

So, yes :)

I'm still curious about tech companies run by HNers though. I mean there are plenty of SaaSes targeting those too (Github for instance).

skarmklarton Ask HN: what problems do you have in your company?

How about reducing pain/headaches? Is that also a valid concern? :)

Mind telling me a bit about how you do those 4 things you mentioned right now?

skarmklarton Ask HN: what problems do you have in your company?

On a side note, I think most business problems go unnoticed.

Interesting. Got any examples? :)

skarmklarton Ask HN: what problems do you have in your company?

I see where you're coming from. Maybe you are not typical of business as a whole since you are (I assume) a tech person and thus very capable of solving your own problems (if they can be solved with tech at all) :)

skarmklarton Ask HN: what problems do you have in your company?

Here is the book for anyone wondering: http://howtofindsaasideas.com/

skarmklarton Using Trello to Keep Track of Ideas

I am writing a book on how to find problems and turn them into SaaSes: http://howtofindsaasideas.com/ (yes, I know it's buggy - new landing page coming soon!)

Anyway, would be cool if I could interview you for the book? Can I email you? :)

skarmklarton Ask HN: What is your experience making a free service completely paid?

Will put that info in the new landingpage which should roll out any day now :)

skarmklarton Product Strategy Means Saying No

Can I interview you for my book?

info@howtofindsaasideas.com

skarmklarton Product Strategy Means Saying No

Shameless plug: working on a book that goes into how to reach out to potential customers when you have none.

http://howtofindsaasideas.com/

(Yes, I know the landing page sucks and is buggy. Working on a new one.)