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- ISO27DIY saves you consulting fees. That's interesting if you have a low budget (Startup or internally)
- Scale confidently
- Implement security practices that scale
https://www.sprinto.com/
https://instant27001.com/

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# Idea Validation
https://www.reddit.com/r/microsaas/comments/1kvxsdb/the_exact_steps_i_took_to_validate_my_idea_before/
I know what it's like to try to market a product that no one wants, Ive built two that completely failed. No one wanted them and I wasted months trying to make it work.
Ive also built successful products and the key difference was that the successful products solved a real problem. It sounds obvious but its easy to forget sometimes.
The hard part is how you validate that you are solving a real problem so I thought Id share exactly how I did it:
**Step one: Start with a problem thesis and talk to users**
- I was a founder and I had a problem that I suspected other founders had too
- So I had my problem thesis and the next step was to talk to my would-be users to see if the problem was real and to understand their view of it better
- I made a post on [r/SaaS](https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/) and [r/indiehackers](https://www.reddit.com/r/indiehackers/) asking founders to answer a few questions and in return I would give them feedback on whatever they were building
- The key part here was offering them something in return for their time. That makes it a lot easier to get answers
- Here's one of the posts if youre curious: [https://www.reddit.com/r/indiehackers/comments/1ea1cpd/lets_exchange_feedback/](https://www.reddit.com/r/indiehackers/comments/1ea1cpd/lets_exchange_feedback/)
- The got me in touch with 8-10 founders who were willing to answer my survey.
- I asked questions about pain points related to the problem and tried to get an idea if they were willing to adopt the solution I had in mind.
- The responses were positive so I had the green light to start building a simple first version
**Step two: Building the MVP**
- This is the easy part. Who doesnt love building?
- The critical thing here was that I tried to understand what the survey responses were telling me and built a bare bones solution addressing the pain points of these people
- I built fast. Around 30 days for the MVP
- That's it. It was time to market this MVP and see if I can get some users
**Step three: Marketing and collecting feedback**
- First I set a clear goal. It wasnt about getting customers, I just wanted as much feedback as possible so I would need active users. Understanding how to make the product better is so much more valuable at this point
- I set the goal of getting 20 active users in two weeks
- Then I asked myself where my users hang out and the answer was X and Reddit
- Next step was to set daily volume targets. I decided to do 5 posts and 50 replies on X every day and on Reddit I would just write a new post when I had something that had worked well on X
- So I knew exactly what to do every day and then I just executed that plan. It was easy, because I just had to take action, no questions asked
- Two weeks later I had hit 100 users
That was the validation process I used. From there on, all I had to do was improve the product based on what users were telling me and continue marketing. That has taken me all the way to $7,300/mo and growth just becomes easier with time.
I hope my journey can inspire some of you to not give up and to follow a solid process for building your product.
Feel free to ask if you have any questions.

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- [The Art of Service](../The%20Art%20of%20Service.md) offers topical InfoSec Kanban boards
- 'Certificeringsadvies' offers independent external audits, they were employed by Networking4all
- [Muddassir via Gumroad](https://community.gumroad.com/c/share-your-wins/boring-fields-like-supply-chains-can-be-creative-enough-to-sell-digital-products?login_token=RyhWoyqXw2kT5de2eNp6RYjL6U4NY1aKLPmS#comment_wrapper_4014940). Runs a site on SCM and has offered to cross post content.

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---
tags:
- project/iso27DIY
- type/MoC
---
## Marketing source material
[ISO27DIY Solution and Components](../../../Marketing/branding/ISO27DIY%20Solution%20and%20Components.md)
[Value Proposition Canvas for iso27DIY](../../../Marketing/branding/Value%20Proposition%20Canvas%20for%20iso27DIY.md)
[Brand Values](../../../Marketing/branding/Brand%20Values.md)
[FUD with Certification](../../../Marketing/branding/FUD%20with%20Certification.md)
[PRD Product Requirements Document for iso27DYI](../../../AuditGlue/PRD%20Product%20Requirements%20Document%20for%20iso27DYI.md)
[iso27DIY Functional Diagram](../../../AuditGlue/System%20alternative/iso27DIY%20Functional%20Diagram.canvas)
[iso27DIY content modules](../../../AuditGlue/iso27DIY%20content%20modules.canvas)
## Marketing
[Pricing](../The%20Psychology%20Behind%20SaaS%20Pricing.md)
[[Pricing Tiers for iso27DIY|Tiers]]
[[SEO guide for Carrd|Website SEO]]
[Idea Validation](Idea%20Validation.md)
## Method
[Samenhang tussen producten](../Samenhang%20tussen%20producten.md)
[ISO 27001 2023 Processen en Artefacten](../../Standards/ISO27x/OST/ISO%2027001%202023%20Processen%20en%20Artefacten.md)
[Advised Documents for ISO 27001](../iso27DIY-gis/reference/Advised%20Documents%20for%20ISO%2027001.md)
[Examples of Proof for auditors](../Sparks/Examples%20of%20Proof%20for%20auditors.md)
[About ISO27DIY Policy Cards](../💡Permanent%20ideas/About%20ISO27DIY%20Policy%20Cards.md)
## Design
[Modules Canvas](../../../AuditGlue/iso27DIY%20content%20modules.canvas)
[About the flow](../Sparks/About%20iso27diy/About%20the%20flow.md)
[UI ideas](../../../AuditGlue/System%20alternative/iso27DIY%20UI%20ideas.md)
### Agents
[Create a proactive conversational agent](../../Various/Create%20a%20proactive%20conversational%20agent.md)
[Create an interview agent](../../Various/Create%20an%20interview%20agent.md)
[Agent Design Intent Card](../../../AuditGlue/System%20alternative/Agent%20Design%20Intent%20Card.md)
[Create a threat analysis chatbot](../../Various/Create%20a%20threat%20analysis%20chatbot.md)
[Instruct an LLM on available tools](../../Various/Instruct%20an%20LLM%20on%20available%20tools.md)
[LLM Prompt types](../../Various/LLM%20Prompt%20types.md)
## Content
[ISO27DIY Videos list](../🧱%20Projects/iso27DIY%20mk%20I/ISO27DIY%20Videos%20list.md)
## Platform
[Design Document for ISO 27001 Certification Support Online Service](../../Various/Design%20Document%20for%20ISO%2027001%20Certification%20Support%20Online%20Service.md)
[Personae and Roles](../Personae%20and%20Roles.md)
[TypeDB structure for ISO27DIY](../TypeDB%20structure%20for%20ISO27DIY.md)
[Client segregation in SaaS](../Information%20Security/Client%20segregation%20in%20SaaS.md)
[Building functionality in Supabase](../../Various/Building%20functionality%20in%20Supabase.md)
[SupaBase edge functions portability](../SupaBase%20edge%20functions%20portability.md)
[Connect LLM to Supabase to create content](../../Various/Connect%20LLM%20to%20Supabase%20to%20create%20content.md)
[Application architecture](../../Various/Application%20architecture.md)
[iso27DYI architecture with LLM](../../../AuditGlue/System%20alternative/iso27DYI%20architecture%20with%20LLM.md)
[iso27DIY stack deployment](../../../AuditGlue/System%20alternative/iso27DIY%20stack%20deployment.md)
[SurveyJS](../SurveyJS.md)
[WeWeb Security Pre-Launch Checklist](../weweb_security_checklist.md)