How can I validate my SaaS idea?

Hey Rushikesh, Validating your idea can be done in a really simple way: - Create a landing page that can capture leads - Feed it with some fake ads - Check if get some signups on the waitlist or pre-payment I made EarlyBird(https://earlybird.im) to help people like you build a landing page in less than 10 minutes that can capture leads, feel free to give it a try!

Tell us what it is / ask here. Find communities who you think might want it (on relevant subreddits / facebook groups) and ask them directly. "Hey, I'm thinking of building X, would you use it?" And the classic is a landing page where you pretend it exists and then if users click through to sign up then just gather their email and tell them you're building it - but that rather supposes you have a way to reach them / get traffic to your landing page.

Make a landing page, share it with a lot of people and do a pre-sale with some good discounts. Only way to validate is to actually sell.

The excercise of building a landing page and launching it in small platforms (you can find some of them here https://launchpedia.co/places-to...) is good not only for validation but to start thinking and testing what language works best to communicate with your audience. With that being said, cold aproaching members of your audience via twitter dms, linkedin or email is a good way to get early feedback and maybe early adopters too. Those are the 2 things i would focus on at this stage, and with the mindset of getting early adopters, not only validating the idea. Good luck!

If you're active in a community that your product would help, throw it out on a landing page with a pre-order link. If people buy it and you think it's viable, build it. If not, refund the money.