Episode 761 | TinySeed Tales s4e7: Identifying Pain Points

Listen to this episode from Startups For the Rest of Us on Spotify. In this episode of TinySeed Tales, Rob Walling checks in with Colleen Schnettler, co-founder of Hello Query, as she discusses finding customer pain points. Colleen, now solo, navigates the challenge of refining her product vision. After a period of introspection, Colleen shares her decision to pivot from targeting engineering managers to focusing on marketing data analysts. She discusses the insights gained from hiring a marketing coach and the excitement of landing her first paying customer, despite some critical feedback on her product's UI. Topics we cover:  (1:50) – Early product excitement fizzles out (5:14) – When is it time to move on from an idea? (8:57) – Helping marketers build better reports (13:03) – Setting early pricing (14:02) – Determining how much to polish an MVP (17:36) – Predicting what’s ahead Links from the Show:  SaaS Institute TinySeed Colleen Schnettler (@leenyburger) | X Colleen Schnettler (@leenyburger.bsky.social) | Bluesky Hello Query If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you! Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify