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by dearroy 1229 days ago
In March 2020, I had an idea to build an email client to help the Chinese use the best email services in the world (Gmail, live.com, Yandex, etc.). I didn't take the time to validate my idea before diving into product development. I registered a domain, hired someone to design the logo, and hired an outsourcing company to develop the software and the website. I spent thousands of dollars and three months on it, only to find that there was no real demand for it. People preferred to use a VPN instead of trusting an unknown email client, so it was a total waste of time and money.

These failure experiences led me to build EarlyBird (https://earlybird.im) - a no-code SaaS for startups to turn ideas into customers, I want to help people avoid making the same mistakes when starting up.