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I built Scanii [1], an unsafe/malware content detection API/SaaS, as a way to keep my coding skills …

I built Scanii [1], an unsafe/malware content detection API/SaaS, as a way to keep my coding skills sharp as I moved into engineering leadership roles. Over the years it has grown into a lovely $35k/month business while spending $0 in marketing thanks to our amazing customers. My advice to aspiring entrepreneurs: get it out there quick, listen to your customers and be ready to act on their feedback. Finding product/market fit is a journey even if you are selling into the most well understood vertical since it's not just about what the market expects it's about what your engineering talent/capacity can delver in a reasonable amount of time. [1] https://www.scanii.com

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I plan on starting a side project but don't really have a niche yet. I am interested in knowing what business you run is it a mobile app, website, Saas? And how long it took you to reach $2k monthly revenue?

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Congratulations on your success! > get it out there quick What did "getting it out there" consist of for you? How did you get it out there in the beginning?

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Impressive! What do you think it is that you do that allows you to compete with VirusTotal, and even free tools like Jotti? Presumably you're now using commercial AV tools, rather than Clam? Did you have to get some kind of special license from them to use it like this?

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