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Episode 762 | Doing Great Work, Hierarchy of SaaS Skills, and Public Deadlines (A Rob Solo Adventure)

2025/3/4
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Rob Walling: 我将探讨Paul Graham的《优秀工作》一文，并将其应用于真实的SaaS业务。Graham的四步法（决定做什么、学习、识别知识差距、大胆追求独特想法）中，前三步对建立成功的SaaS业务至关重要。成功的SaaS创业者很少依赖运气，而是通过学习和识别知识差距来发现市场机会。Drip的成功案例说明了这一点。 在SaaS创业中，营销/销售、产品、工程和人员招聘/管理是四个最重要的技能，其重要性依次递减。营销或销售技能在初期最重要，因为需要先获得客户。产品技能决定了要构建什么以及如何构建。工程技能虽然重要，但在长期发展中不如其他技能重要。招聘和管理人员的技能在后期变得越来越重要，因为它决定了团队的效率和可持续发展。 公开承诺发布日期可能是一把双刃剑，需要充分的准备和周密的计划。内部截止日期比公开截止日期更有用，尤其是在有多个团队协作的情况下。公开承诺发布日期需要有足够的严谨性，否则可能会带来压力和风险。

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This chapter explores Paul Graham's essay on doing great work and adapts it to the context of building SaaS businesses. It emphasizes the importance of market research, identifying knowledge gaps, and focusing on building real businesses for real customers instead of solely chasing outlier ideas.
  • Paul Graham's four steps to doing great work are adapted for SaaS businesses.
  • The importance of market research and identifying knowledge gaps is highlighted.
  • The chapter cautions against relying on luck and emphasizes the importance of hard work and skill development.

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Are public deadlines a double-edged sword for startup founders?

In episode 762, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he covers several topics. Rob breaks down Paul Graham's essay, "Doing Great Work" and focuses on how the steps apply to building real businesses for real customers. He also discusses the hierarchy of skills necessary for success in the SaaS space, sharing his thoughts on the critical roles of marketing, product development, engineering, and effective team management.

**Topics we cover: **

  • (2:07) Doing great work

  • (5:20) Identify the gaps

  • (11:51) The SaaS skillset hierarchy

  • (18:28) Publicly committing to a feature release

  • (23:05) Maintaining enough rigor to hit deadlines

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