Have indie founders ever thought of raising investment for their idea or app?
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I have build close 2-3 applications till now, none succeeded. But, while starting building or even starting to market, I never thought of making it big enough. It is simply because I was working on small problems and creating small solutions for it and to be honest, never wanted to raise investments.
But, in the startup and saas scenario, there are companies and saas with minimal idea have taken investments. For me, investments are a way with which you come under pressure of increasing your numbes faster. While indie saas owners can benefit all the profits themselves while never have to be under pressure when app or startup is down etc.
What do you think? Raising investment is a good choice for founders or when is investment needed?
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Small solution can still become graet businesses. A big market isn't the only reason a product can succeed.
There’s also nothing wrong with building something small on purpose. I’ve seen plenty of founders treat a profitable small product like it somehow needs to become a huge startup.
Lot of founder chase funding because it feels like progress but building a sustainable product is also a valid path.
One thing people overlook is the founder's definition of success. If the goal is profitable $20k–$50k/month SaaS, taking VC might actually make the business harder to operate.
Raising money just because other products in the same space did it doesn’t feel like a strong enough reason to me. The money should solve a specific problem
I raise nothing for my first two apps and honestly taht freedom let me kill ideas fast without guilt. Investment removes that option quickly.
I built three apps without funding and learned more about real demand than any pitch deck could teach me in months.
the test i've landed on is whether money buys down a risk you actually have right now. early the real risk isn't capital, it's whether anyone cares, and funding can't answer that. you learn it from what people actually do, and that part is cheap. investment makes sense once demand is real and the only thing missing is fuel.