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Turns out? Nothing. I halfway participated in a hackathon recently, and since then, I've found myself... motivated. Usually when the urge strikes, my day job
by bmelton 16y ago
Turns out? Nothing. I halfway participated in a hackathon recently, and since then, I've found myself... motivated.
Usually when the urge strikes, my day job starts taking up too much time, or life happens, or I realize my idea is stupid. This time, however, I'm just going to go for it. I don't care that the product I'm building is in a VERY crowded space. I don't care that there's no 'killer feature' to draw the crowds in. I don't care that it really isn't that marketable. It's a product, and I'm building it -- and while I don't expect it to set the world on fire, I've stutter-started enough times in my life that I feel like just finishing something and releasing it will be a huge step in the right direction, so that's what I'm doing.
You won't read about this product on TechCrunch, and you won't see it lauded as the next great thing, but you will be able to register for it and use it, and ideally, within a month and a half to two months. And you can bad-mouth it all you like, I'll have done... something.
- vgurgov 16y agoLove it! Can't say enough how i wish you to succeed with that! Remember there is always place for another player in ANY market. For example read article that explains why 1% of search worth 1B. Even if your market share is going to be 0.1% in the beginning and you are passionate about what you do - i believe in you! Best of luck with that!
- whoreallycares 16y agoThis is fantastic. The reality is you have no idea how good the idea really is until you have finished anyway. So what the hell, may as well give it a shot. My only advice is make the produce a slightly better version of everything else out there. Good luck.
- bmelton 16y agoIt's debatable as to whether or not I'll be able to honestly, there are some good (and a LOT of bad) products in the space. Effectively, it's issue tracking, and while I have some ideas that scratch my own itch which HOPEFULLY will appeal to others, my goal is to make something that services the small-to-medium sized business moreso than the enterprise apps currently do, and with more refinement than the open source apps do. That said, I don't honestly know how much better mine will be than something like osTicket, except to say that the workflow will be dramatically different. Thanks for the well-wishing. I'm sure I'll make an equally tentative post when I release.
- adn37 16y agoExactly. At some point it's about making something real, just to make sure you still got it. Luck or not, this is another story.