Nicolas Mnrd

@Pauline_Cx 😂

I felt like reconnecting with nature. I applied for a fishing job in Alaska, and I was accepted!! Trying for 1 year, away from social network. What would you like me to report during that year? See you soon !!

@Pauline_Cx I'd say to churn

Is stress level correlated to MRR?

@Pauline_Cx yesss combine that with your product vision and that's perfect

My SaaS roadmap is simple: If a user asks for a feature → I'll add to backlog If the features is asked frequently, by several person → I prioritize it

- Founders obsess over AI features and product design - Founders obsess over pitch decks and fundraising - Founders obsess over brand identity and positioning But they skip the boring daily grind that actually grows revenue The most important skill for SaaS growth is just doing the repetitive outreach and follow-ups nobody wants to do

My approach to building products: Stop obsessing over revenue. Focus on solving real problems. Make things people actually need. Give away what you can. Share knowledge freely. When it requires serious resources and expertise, that's when you charge. The money follows when the value is there. I follow the same rules when doing cold outreach

👉 The real SaaS cheat code isn’t virality It’s leverage Build one strong product → sell adjacent ones to the same users → compound You can exit in layers while the core keeps running And yes, selling to existing customers is 10× easier 😅

@CliftonSellers It is but far from the FU money 😅

Do you think $1M is a lot of money?

Everyone says "be consistent" But here's what they don't tell you: - Day 30: You feel motivated - Day 60: You're posting out of habit - Day 100: Your brain is screaming to quit - Day 150: Your competitors already did That's the actual timeline. Why do so few founders make it past day 100?

The "do things that don't scale" advantage is real Start by manually doing what your product promises Like literally attending meetings pretending to be AI Or writing reports your automation will write later Or doing customer research calls your chatbot will handle Through this you learn what people ACTUALLY need Not what you think they need from your desk You build intuition about edge cases, about what matters, about what doesn't The people who manually execute their product first. understand their market way better than people who code first and ask questions later Give yourself permission to be the product for a while Be the AI, be the automation, be the magic If one person pays for your manual work. do it again If they love it and refer someone. keep going Through this process you'll know EXACTLY what to build And when you finally automate it, you're not guessing You're codifying something that already works

@marclou I just thought there was a lot of air pollution due to cars but maybe it's better in the winter than in spring or summer

@nicolasmnrd Yes, I think the wood heating is the issue, default is not bad i think?

GM 🌅

@FlorinPop17 Wish you luck Florin!

Preparing the SaaS launch for tomorrow

yeah this hits home At Localranker, shipping faster didn’t restart growth. Clarifying who we were building for and why we were different did when growth stalls, it’s often a positioning problem, not a velocity problem. Fix the story + buyer first, then shipping starts compounding again.

In my experience, shipping faster isn't usually the answer when growth stalls. I learned this the hard way. Buffer plateaued and declined for years before we found the path to strong growth again. What truly drives sustainable growth is a strong strategy, differentiation, and a sound business model. Once you have an engine that is working, it will keep giving, especially in SaaS (of course this is continually in question with AI). The engine of the business is made up of the value you provide, your differentiation and the business model. Those elements determine whether growth is even occurring in the first place. Your engine will become stronger or weaker based on the actions you continually take to double down on or expand your differentiation and the effectiveness of the business model. You absolutely have to keep moving forward, keep shipping value, in order that the engine will keep working and giving you results in the form of continued growth. Momentum is a dial on the growth rate you can hit with your current engine. For sure, turn the dial up when things are working. If they're not, if you're not seeing growth, make sure you work on the engine itself.

@fordsmith yes... again distribution 😅

@nicolasmnrd So true, getting people to actually pay for what you build is always the hardest part.

Been exploring startup ideas for years now and it always comes down to 3 things 👉 does anyone actually care about this problem or is it just something that sounds cool 👉 does your solution fix the real issue or are you just building features 👉 will people pay you enough to make it worth it the third one kills most ideas tbh

@StevenCravotta Somewhere out there, one power user is thrilled 🫣

Building apps that solve a niche problem in 2026

@marclou Sweeeet

POV you accidentally built a startup marketplace overnight

@T_Zahil @cursor_ai Make sure you put some limit on the on-demand billing.. and do not SHIP THAT FAST 😆

😱 I just hit the limits of my @cursor_ai ULTRA plan 😭 Still 15 more days until reset... What should I do?

@andrealbts 💯

@nicolasmnrd So true. The cycle is real but you're building resilience with every wave.

🎢 Bootstrapped SaaS reality that hits me several times a year: Growth is not linear. Churn hits in waves. Motivation follows revenue, not the opposite. If you don’t plan for this cycle, it will break you.

@dalidoesdev Yes it is for sure!

@nicolasmnrd Sustainable growth is harder to see, but easier to keep.