A solo developer shares how he built his first product from scratch but struggled to win customer trust without a company name or certifications like ISO 9001 and SOC 2. He had to find workarounds to overcome the credibility gap that came with being an individual rather than an established firm.
So now we've like understood the problem and your longer-term vision, but what does it look like day to day? What are things that are challenging that you've been through?
In the beginning, I coded the first— I also code. I code since I was like 10, 11. The first product was a product that I built myself. It was a basic one, so it worked, but it wasn't the best. So in the beginning, getting the trustworthiness from the customer side on a product that's being shipped for them, I was still like a young guy alone with a product. So it wasn't like a company with ISO 9001 and SOC 2 certifications providing them with a solution. So getting the trustworthiness first was key. But because of that, we end up like, we always look for workarounds.
Paige of Behind Genius driving an AI electric train in St. Louis (Intramotev Visit)
