From Freelance Dev to Global SaaS: A Young Founder’s Path to Product and Freedom

by Mykhail Druz

194 pages

At 21, a Ukrainian full‑stack developer living in Romania is quietly building the next wave of SaaS—while still shipping client work from a laptop. This book captures that journey from regional freelancing to global product entrepreneurship, showing how to turn technical skills into scalable software businesses. Blending personal narrative with practical strategy, it walks you through choosing the right markets, building fast with modern stacks like Next.js and Supabase, and validating ideas with real customers. You’ll see behind the scenes of projects across multiple niches, including an AI‑powered book writing platform for Amazon KDP entrepreneurs. If you’re a developer or early‑stage founder who wants to escape the limits of client work and build products for the world, this is your roadmap from first contract to global SaaS. The next chapter of your entrepreneurial journey starts here.