
Building IntentMine — Find customers before they're ready to buy.
The Problem Early-stage SaaS founders are flying blind when finding their first customers. You post on ProductHunt, Reddit, Twitter—get crickets. You've built something people need, but you're guessing at who actually wants it. Meanwhile, thousands of people are publicly complaining about the exact problem you solve on X/Twitter, but you have no systematic way to find them. What I'm Thinking of Building IntentMine is a lightweight scraper + CRM dashboard that finds high-intent buyers on X by searching for specific pain signals ("I hate [competitor]", "looking for alternative to", "[problem] is so frustrating"). You get a searchable list of real people expressing real pain, their Twitter profiles, engagement data, and DM-ready contact info—no manual outreach needed. Integrates with your existing tools (Notion, Airtable, CSV export). Who It's For Solo founders and early-stage SaaS teams (1–10 people) building B2B products; bootstrapped or pre-Series A; founders who've already validated a
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