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Validate your idea first. You do not need an MVP or any software for this. Go to businesses/consumers, pitch the product and find if there is a fit. See if t
by davismwfl 10y ago
Validate your idea first. You do not need an MVP or any software for this. Go to businesses/consumers, pitch the product and find if there is a fit. See if they would be willing to sign up for it, what features they need, what makes it compelling to them (is it cost savings, revenue generation etc).
If you can find say 20-30 businesses that say yes then you probably have an idea. If it is consumer focused spend some money on advertising it on social media see what the response is. You can setup a signup page without any technical know how, just some clicking around on a website that generates/hosts landing pages.
Once you have this you have an idea. Then, personally, mock up the idea in some wireframe tool, take it back to users and see what they say. Does it make sense, is it easy to follow are they more likely to buy now. Go back to ones that said no thanks, they are even more important then the ones that said yes. Redesign and evolve this features/wireframe model to something people seem excited about.
So if you do that, by now you have a basic design, an initial feature set and you have defined a market opportunity with real feedback. If you have this you will find people that want to help you make it real.
My 2 cents, do not focus on learning how to write code. Sorry, I love what I do, but almost every time I started a company/project by writing code it fails. When I start with market, people and opportunity I have had 10000 times more success. You can hire your weaknesses. Amazingly engineered products wind up on the floor going no where more then they go somewhere. Why? Simple, they didn't do the market and research first, they built something before understanding the opportunity.