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I've never had a problem coming up with interesting ideas! It's actually launching something that's the most difficult problem; a startup helping with that cou

I've never had a problem coming up with interesting ideas! It's actually launching something that's the most difficult problem; a startup helping with that could work, anyone know of one?

RepressedEmu 10y ago
I'm working on a service called Protolaunch that does exactly that. You get help finding your ideal customers, a custom landing page optimized for conversions, and a digital marketing strategy to promote your brand and grow your email list of future customers. Getting market feedback and validation has always been the single best motivation to finish an MVP or business project for me personally and Protolaunch aims to make it a one step "pre-launch" process. I'd love to get your thoughts and feedback!
- andy_ppp 10y ago
  What I need is someone to stop me doing stupid things like dockerising the whole build process rather than concentrating on core functionality. Learned a lot, but it doesn't help me get my business launched.
  - RepressedEmu 10y ago
    If you've started on the MVP then you definitely know enough to Pre-Launch and start building momentum behind your business. The problem is doing all the research and execution for a successful Pre-Launch can be a big time-suck(dozens of hours) that takes away time that can be better spent from working on your critical code.
- fenwick67 10y ago
  Somebody needs to make an automated workflow that just takes ideas from Nugget, forwards them to Protolaunch to pick the best ideas. Then, it could just procedurally generate a company name and logo (lowercase white letter on a rounded rectangle), reserve the domain name, file the FTC paperwork, and send automated emails to venture capitalists. Then just watch the money roll in.
  - andy_ppp 10y ago
    Haha! The only problem comes if you think having a head start with a good idea is worthwhile...
  - RepressedEmu 10y ago
    Nugget > Protolaunch > LogoJoy > Namecheap API > Sendgrid powered with emails scraped from AngelList. Throw in a startup buzzword lorem ipsum generator and this sounds like a winner. Instead of domain squatting it will be like startup squatting.
yellowapple 10y ago
I have no problem coming up with interesting ideas, either. The problem is that they're usually only interesting to me :)

I've never had a problem coming up with interesting ideas! It's actually launching something that's the most difficult problem; a startup helping with that could work, anyone know of one?

RepressedEmu 10y ago

I'm working on a service called Protolaunch that does exactly that. You get help finding your ideal customers, a custom landing page optimized for conversions, and a digital marketing strategy to promote your brand and grow your email list of future customers. Getting market feedback and validation has always been the single best motivation to finish an MVP or business project for me personally and Protolaunch aims to make it a one step "pre-launch" process. I'd love to get your thoughts and feedback!

andy_ppp 10y ago
What I need is someone to stop me doing stupid things like dockerising the whole build process rather than concentrating on core functionality. Learned a lot, but it doesn't help me get my business launched.
- RepressedEmu 10y ago
  If you've started on the MVP then you definitely know enough to Pre-Launch and start building momentum behind your business. The problem is doing all the research and execution for a successful Pre-Launch can be a big time-suck(dozens of hours) that takes away time that can be better spent from working on your critical code.
fenwick67 10y ago
Somebody needs to make an automated workflow that just takes ideas from Nugget, forwards them to Protolaunch to pick the best ideas. Then, it could just procedurally generate a company name and logo (lowercase white letter on a rounded rectangle), reserve the domain name, file the FTC paperwork, and send automated emails to venture capitalists. Then just watch the money roll in.
- andy_ppp 10y ago
  Haha! The only problem comes if you think having a head start with a good idea is worthwhile...
- RepressedEmu 10y ago
  Nugget > Protolaunch > LogoJoy > Namecheap API > Sendgrid powered with emails scraped from AngelList. Throw in a startup buzzword lorem ipsum generator and this sounds like a winner. Instead of domain squatting it will be like startup squatting.

yellowapple 10y ago

I have no problem coming up with interesting ideas, either. The problem is that they're usually only interesting to me :)