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Dane Maxwell: Software succeeds by improving existing behaviors, not modifying habits
“And that if you get the idea really solid and sound, meaning it's not modifying someone's behavior, they're currently looking for a solution, they're currently doing that thing without, without the product itself. And so not like, you know, like a Nordic track…”
Dane Maxwell advises finding SaaS ideas by asking what software frustrates professionals
“You could send someone cold. It's like, Hey, I'm looking to build software for your industry. And I'm just looking to know what software do you use right now? That makes you want to throw your computer out the window.”
Dane Maxwell: Asking businesses how they use Excel reveals new software opportunities
“What do you use Microsoft Excel for in your business? Cause whatever using Excel for, you can find solutions to.”
Dane Maxwell says beginner entrepreneurs obsess over mechanisms, not customer outcomes
“The fundamentals of a business, as you know, as many know, is a customer that uses a mechanism to get a result. That's really a business in a nutshell. A customer that uses a mechanism to get a result. New people that are looking to start a business obsess abo…”
Dane Maxwell advises founders to hire developers directly from open-source communities
“I recommend hiring, for if you're hiring software, you want to hire open source. You want to hire the best open source developers you can find. These guys love coding for the passion of it, and you see, you go to open source communities, and you find these guy…”
Maxwell: Founders struggle to find problems when they push personal agendas
“People tend to get stuck for extended periods of time on finding a painful problem to solve. That's this, that's like, so, you know, people are sometimes will take four or five, six months just to find a single painful problem to solve. And the reason it takes…”