Insights from people who build products

Real app timelines: what fits into a 2-week first release, what eats the calendar, and when 2 weeks is the wrong promise.

What you pay for when you build an AI app, what the AI costs to run after launch, and two AI apps we took to the App Store in 2 weeks each.

Early‑stage SaaS pricing is almost always a guess. Most founders pick a low number just to get their first few customers. But as you move post‑MVP, that early ‘founder logic’ starts to break. Whether it was Slack’s $6.67 pricing strategy or Notion’s flat fee, every successful startup eventually hits a wall where suppor...

Most startup founders know this scenario. You have an idea and maybe $10K in savings. No investors or runway yet.  If you waste time or money building the wrong thing, you’re done before you start. Learning how to build a SaaS with no funding means making smart trade-offs. You need to validate a real problem, build the...

Decide when to expand a marketplace using liquidity, repeat transactions, operating capacity and bounded acquisition tests—not traffic alone.

Originally posted in January 2022 and March 2024. Updated in January 2026. Building a niche marketplace is one of the most reliable ways for startup founders to enter a focused, underserved market. Instead of competing with broad platforms, you’re solving a specific problem for a specific group — and that’s where real...

How to build a startup as a non‑technical founder? It’s one of the most common questions in pre-development, early‑stage SaaS startups. Investors want to know if you can lead the business without writing code, and how you’ll manage the risks that come with hiring technical leadership. A strong non‑tech founder investor...

Every founder eventually hears the investor’s classic question: “What are your startup business risks?” It sounds simple, but it’s one of the hardest to answer well. Generic replies like “execution challenges” or “market timing” make you look unprepared. Dismissive answers make you look naive. The truth is, investors a...

Build a monthly SaaS operating model that separates MRR from cash, tests sales and retention assumptions, and makes runway decisions traceable.

Test reachable demand, willingness to pay and delivery economics before funding a SaaS build. Use explicit go, revise and stop decisions.

AI in the future of healthcare has a surprising foundation: your daily health data. It’s going beyond just gadget readings and becoming an AI health data business asset that powers billion-dollar industries. Your Fitbit steps, Apple Watch heartbeats, and sleep app logs are now the raw material for drug discovery, perso...

In Steven Spielberg’s 2002 movie Minority Report, futuristic technologies help the police analyze people’s intentions, prevent crimes, and arrest criminals before committing an offense. What if this scenario is not impossible, and we are moving towards that future at full speed by developing the Internet of Behaviors?...