UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product Strategy

Episode 85: Validating Your SaaS Product with Brian Casel


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How do you know that your new product is going to find customers? Different validation techniques are there to help. Today our guest is Brian Casel — a founder, author, and a fellow podcaster. We talk about his extensive multi-step validation process with Audience Ops, and break down the process (and possible mistakes) for each single step.

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Show Notes
  • Audience Ops — Brian's productized service
  • Ops Calendar — Brian's SaaS product we're talking about
  • Bootstrapped Web — Brian's podcast with Jordan Gal
  • iThemes, Press75, WooThemes — pioneers in the world of WordPress themes
  • Big Snow Tiny Conf — Brian's conference with Brad Touesnard
  • Restaurant Engine — Brian's previous productized service (now acquired)
  • Productize — Brian's course on productized consulting
  • Zero to Validating a SaaS: A Step-by-Step Recap — Brian's article we're talking about
  • Episode 64: Making Freemium Work with Bridget Harris
  • Tiny Reminder — Jane's SaaS product
  • Episode 37: Customer Support Done Right with Alex Yumashev — an episode where Alex recommends to start with a popular product niche (e.g. a helpdesk)
  • Stair-Stepping From Productized Consulting to SaaS with Jane Portman — Jane's recent interview at Brian's podcast
  • Brian's website
  • Follow Brian on Twitter: @casjam
  • Mention UIBREAKFAST to get 30% off your first 3 months of Ops Calendar
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