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Podcast: The SaaS Podcast - AI, Growth & Product-Market Fit for SaaS Founders
Episode: SaaS Product Validation: 7 Years Before the Fit Clicked
Description: Seven years. Near-zero revenue. Multiple failed prototypes. Rob Woollen's SaaS product validation journey at Sigma Computing is one of the longest in SaaS history. He raised $8M, built prototype after prototype, and received nothing but "polite feedback" until one lunch with Snowflake's CEO changed everything.
Rob reveals the SaaS product validation signals that separate polite interest from real demand, why he rebuilt the entire product at $1M ARR because the interface "still wasn't quite right," and how validating a SaaS idea means obsessing over the problem while iterating endlessly on the solution. You will learn why pre-product...