#54 How to Build A SaaS an Hour a Day with Mubashar Iqbal

Mubashar is the co-founder at Founderpath, a platform that helps SaaS Founders get capital without selling any equity. Mubs has been tinkering with computers since he was about 8 years old and  started building websites in 1995. He loves making many things, a perk that led him to be selected as ProductHunt's maker of the year for 2016, runner up in 2015 and 2017.
At the beginning of his career he worked mostly with Internet startups in San Francisco and New York. Now he’s been trying to help others to make more products and most recently he’s been building SaaS Businesses in just one hour a day.
For the last nine years he has been living in New York's TechValley with his wife Robin and his 2 daughters.
During this interview we cover:
00:00 - Intro
01:15 -  Mubs Background & Launching Founderpath 
03:06 - SaaS In An Hour a Day Project
04:49 - Is One Hour A Day Feasible For Any Founder To Build a SaaS?
07:17 - Playbook from validating to building your product 
14:03 - Initial Costs Bootstraping Your SaaS Project
15:38 - Useful & Practicals Tools When Building a SaaS
19:39 - SaaS Funding Without Giving Up Equity
21:56 - 96 SaaS Businesses so Far instead Of Focusing On One
25:13 - Product-Market Fit as Quick As Possible
27:14 - Quick Balance Between Growth, MVP, Soft Launching & Promoting
28:35 - Least Effective & Failed Growth Experiments
31:01 - Partner With  Like-Minded Experts out of your Skill Sets
32:23 - Advice & Tools For Non-Technical People That Want To Make a SaaS
37:25 - What Does Success Means To Mubs Today
Mentions:
https://founderpath.com/ (Founderpath)
https://onehoursaas.com/ (One Hour SaaS)
https://www.pingdom.com/ (PingDome)
https://podcastping.com/ (Podcastping)
https://laravel.com/ (Laravel PHP Framework)
https://forge.laravel.com/ (Forge)
https://www.reddit.com/subreddits/ (SubReddits)
https://www.indiehackers.com/ (Indie Hackers)
https://webflow.com/ (Webflow)
https://www.makerpad.co/ (MakerPad)
https://bubble.io/ (Bubble)
Terms:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/what-is-an-rss-feed/ (RSS Feed)
People:
http://book.nathanlatka.com (Nathan Latka)
Get in touch with Mubs:
https://twitter.com/mubashariqbal?lang=es (Twitter) 
Tag us & follow:
https://www.facebook.com/HorizenCapitalOfficial/ (Facebook)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizen-capital (LinkedIn)
https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/ (Instagram)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYvpqdVVSlSMunWiEwlMjzw (YouTube)
More about Akeel:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber (https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber)
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More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast (https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast) 

Mubashar is the co-founder at Founderpath, a platform that helps SaaS Founders get capital without selling any equity. Mubs has been tinkering with computers since he was about 8 years old and  started building websites in 1995. He loves making many things, a perk that led him to be selected as ProductHunt's maker of the year for 2016, runner up in 2015 and 2017.

At the beginning of his career he worked mostly with Internet startups in San Francisco and New York. Now he’s been trying to help others to make more products and most recently he’s been building SaaS Businesses in just one hour a day.

For the last nine years he has been living in New York's TechValley with his wife Robin and his 2 daughters.

During this interview we cover:

00:00 - Intro01:15 -  Mubs Background & Launching Founderpath 03:06 - SaaS In An Hour a Day Project04:49 - Is One Hour A Day Feasible For Any Founder To Build a SaaS?07:17 - Playbook from validating to building your product 14:03 - Initial Costs Bootstraping Your SaaS Project15:38 - Useful & Practicals Tools When Building a SaaS19:39 - SaaS Funding Without Giving Up Equity21:56 - 96 SaaS Businesses so Far instead Of Focusing On One25:13 - Product-Market Fit as Quick As Possible27:14 - Quick Balance Between Growth, MVP, Soft Launching & Promoting28:35 - Least Effective & Failed Growth Experiments31:01 - Partner With  Like-Minded Experts out of your Skill Sets32:23 - Advice & Tools For Non-Technical People That Want To Make a SaaS37:25 - What Does Success Means To Mubs Today

Mentions:

FounderpathOne Hour SaaSPingDomePodcastpingLaravel PHP FrameworkForgeSubRedditsIndie HackersWebflowMakerPadBubble

Terms:

RSS Feed

People:

Nathan Latka

Get in touch with Mubs:

Twitter 

Tag us & follow:

FacebookLinkedInInstagramYouTube

More about Akeel:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber

LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar

More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast