Is The Next Shopify A SaaS Boilerplate Service?

<p>If you like the show, please <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/run-with-it/id1477133536">leave a review on Apple Podcasts</a>!</p><p><b><strong>Nuggets:</strong></b></p><ul><li>If you notice many open-source projects with lots of followers on a single problem, it’s probably a good opportunity; open-source projects are rarely as good as those with commercial resources</li></ul><p><b><strong>Action Steps:</strong></b></p><ol> <li>Build a list of SaaS companies using Shopify</li> <li>Search for Shopify apps that enable SaaS companies to use Shopify; consider buying them to jumpstart your customer base</li> <li>Contact Venture Capital organizations and pitch them on partnering</li> <li>Engage with aspiring SaaS founders on sites like Indie Hackers and offer this service with the caveat that you plan to productize it</li> </ol><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow through on these action steps and email us your results at update@runwithit.fm. You'll get exclusive access to a private Facebook group of action takers and one listener will earn a free mentorship call with our guest, and potentially, a business partnership.</strong></p><p><b><strong>Links:</strong></b></p><ul> <li><a href="https://onesignal.com/">OneSignal</a></li> <li><a href="https://mastersofscale.com/tobi-lutke-be-a-platform/">Shopify's Tobi Lütke on Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.runwithit.fm/45">Connecting Independent Software Vendors and CRMs with Steve Benson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/magazine/shopify.html">Can Shopify Compete With Amazon Without Becoming Amazon?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toaster_from_scratch?language=en#t-632275">The Toaster Project</a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p><em>George Deglin is Co-Founder &amp; CEO of OneSignal, the most widely used mobile/web engagement platform. With over a decade of experience engineering software products, George was previously CTO for Uversity, a college social networking