Title: Running a profitable SAAS has been my dream from the moment I wrote my first line of code.<p>Here on HN and IndieHackers I&#x27;ve always looked up to the people who pay their bills with recurring revenue from their tools.<p>I&#x27;ve tried, many times, to do the same, without much success. A couple of rather successful HN pitches, but none of my projects ever even paid me a beer (let alone my rent).<p>Until this month! Last year I built myself and my girlfriend a tool. Even though I did build it for other people to use it, I had never thought someone actually would. Long story short, half a year later I provide my service to more than 5000 (fully organic) users.<p>This month is the first month in which revenue is high enough to pay my rent with it. Disclaimer: I share my rent with my girlfriend, but it does sound cool to say.<p>Looking back at the proces, it does match with a lot of other success stories I read over the years in the HN community. The main lesson which I can now confirm: build something that scratches your own itch.<p>So... Thanks you guys, for keeping me motivated and inspired.
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