From idea paralysis to first paying customer — solo-SaaS roadmap

From idea paralysis to first paying customer — solo-SaaS roadmap targets a $6.0B = 2.0M independent developers/solo-founders x $3,000 ACV total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 12% annual growth in developer tooling & creator-economy products.

Key trends driving demand: AI-assisted development -- LLMs can generate scaffolding, tests, and docs, cutting engineering time dramatically; Rise of solo founders -- more developers choose single-founder projects and need compact, repeatable playbooks; No-code & serverless maturity -- managed infra lowers hosting and ops friction for MVPs; Creator economy monetization -- creators and devs expect direct-payment paths (Stripe/Gumroad) and conversion playbooks.