It’s been seven months since we launched our SaaS startup and we’re ramen profitable. Canny makes enough to pay for its own expenses and our personal living expenses. This is far less money than we made working at Facebook, but a huge milestone for our bootstrapped startup.
We left our jobs in California, moved out, and embraced the digital nomad lifestyle. Read about our life on the road as we build Canny around the world – starting in Europe.
Public roadmaps have become more popular over the past couple years, for good reason. Founders have written about why they publicize their roadmaps. The main reasons being that: Your users will love you for it You will improve your product with user feedback You will keep your team accountable Making your …
We just completed the inaugural batch of Y Combinator’s Startup School for our startup Canny. It was a blast, and we learned a ton. For those of you thinking about doing the next batch, we’d love to share our experience with you. We also have ideas for how YC …
This feedback form should look familiar. Most apps and websites have one. It’s actually a very costly way to collect feedback: it creates a ton of urgent, manual work. What should you do instead? Let your users vote on feedback. This switch will save you time and money, help …
Growth is driven by the value you provide your users. Understanding their needs prepares you to deliver more value. This is why listening to user feedback is crucial to being successful. This can be a daunting task, especially as you scale. How do you keep track …
We recently created a survey in order to better understand how people feel about giving user feedback about tech products (like Snapchat, Netflix, etc). We believe our experience building and designing quality products makes our feedback pretty valuable, yet we rarely feel like our voices …
Hey 👋 We're the founders of Canny, Sarah 🇨🇦 and Andrew 🇺🇸 We write about building SaaS and our adventures as digital nomads. Yes, we're also a couple.