[ahpearce]

I also have a background in statistics, but landed a job as mostly a software engineer (though technically my title is Data Scientist... buzz words!). I've been building basically a cookiecutter framework for the base of a SaaS app (basic pricing, user auth, etc.), and brainstorming ideas.

As others have said, the ideal route is to validate the market first, and guarantee customers before effort is committed.

If you'd like to tag up, just to chat casually about the idea or just entrepreneurship in general, feel free to e-mail me (in bio).