How I built a serverless first SaaS startup in 30 days
summary
A serverless-first SaaS ships in 30 days: a Chrome extension sends a post to ChatGPT, types the reply with a fake typing speed, and routes requests to serverless on AWS APIs. Launch moves: demo video hits ~17k views, waitlist grows to 69, then 300 free users and six paying users producing $140 MRR. Billing uses Stripe webhooks, landing page captures prelaunch signups, and the product marketed under LinkedIn power tools after rapid iterative fixes and tone‑of‑voice features.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Serverless SaaS journey intro
- 2:4130-day challenge approach
- 3:26SaaS product challenges
- 4:10Finding pain points on LinkedIn
- 6:20Idea validation with ChatGPT
- 7:45Validation steps
- 9:31Validation successes and misses
- 13:08Building the minimal viable product
- 14:56Demo and landing page
- 16:19Beta launch feedback
- 17:24Preparing v1 release
- 18:51Stripe payments integration
- 19:55Full launch metrics
- 21:20First paying user
- 22:45Improving comment engagement
- 23:49Unfair advantages
- 24:53Short-term marketing limits
- 26:42Next steps and challenges
- 28:30Lessons for SaaS founders
- 31:20Summary and call to action
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