Crossed $900 revenue and received a $3000 white labeling offer (also sharing what I learned to help others)

Launched the MVP of my SaaS almost 2 months ago. Surprisingly, it got paying customers immediately.

So happy that my project now crossed $900 in revenue.

I also received a $3000 white labeling offer. It didn't went through and I think it's also not worth it unless there will be many white labeling deals. People on this subreddit was also very helpful in giving me advices and sharing their experience in white labeling deals. So thank you!

What I learned in building this project and from past failures:

1. What doesn't work

"Build it and they will come". Or maybe it can work but 99% it won't. Not exact percentages but you get the idea.

2. How to build the MVP of a startup faster

I realized that it's better to use the tools that I already know. I now not obsess on what tool is the best to use because after the idea is validated, if it's really really necessary, I can switch to a better tool later.

3. Marketing and distribution is damn important

Other experienced founders keep saying to me that a good product will most likely fail if no one knows about it. They're correct.

4. How to talk to users and get feedback

I directly reach out to potential customers, sometimes they convert into a customer immediately and sometimes they need nurturing.

Like build relationships with them first and they convert into a customer later, this happened to me many times already.

To get feedback, I also reached out directly to customers, ask what issues are they encountering on my SaaS, what feedback do they want to tell and asked them to be brutally honest.

Then I iterate based on their feedback.

Hope this helps other founders out there!

Also, would appreciate if you guys can give me tips on how can I scale this to accelerate growth. I haven't yet tried paid ads so far since I have a bad experience in using ads on my previous projects because I just kept on losing money.