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1. You need a designer. While a poor design was acceptable 10 years ago since web design was a relatively new concept, it's no longer acceptable by the consume
by biznickman 16y ago
1. You need a designer. While a poor design was acceptable 10 years ago since web design was a relatively new concept, it's no longer acceptable by the consumer.
2. You name seems like a bit of a stretch
3. This is an extremely crowded market.
4. This is exactly how I started. 10 years ago I wanted to help bands connect with their fans and so I built a site for them to sell their music online (CD Baby at the time was delivering CDs). Unfortunately iTunes launched and killed my idea so I created a social network that included music. Myspace then launched music and killed that idea as well and Facebook came along and all the girls at my school were using it so I knew I was going to fail. The result was that I eventually gave up but not on entrepreneurship. I also now had learned how to program and was getting paid $30+ an hour which was a serious upgrade for me from Baskin Robbins or Home Depot.
The reason I say this is not to discourage you but simply that I think you have a long way to go. I was approximately 21/22 at the time so it sounds like we're in a similar position. Keep focused and keep trying to make something work. If an idea doesn't stick, try another (I tried importing liquor ... it failed, online bookstore ... it failed, about 6 other things ... they all failed). I eventually got really good at programming over the past 10 years and 8 years after starting my crappy looking (it really looked like crap when it started) music website, I sold my first company.
I'm going to be brutally honest about your website: it's not presentable and the name is horrible. That's not a bad thing though ... you're just getting started on the path of entrepreneurship! Keep doing the side jobs (as they'll pay the bills) and keep studying how to program and maybe look into learning some design. If you want to be a successful internet entrepreneur you'll make it happen.
I know that didn't answer your question the way you wanted but as soon as I saw this site, I knew we had a lot in common. I'd also suggest taking some business courses or read business books ... you are entering an extremely saturated market and performing market research will often help you improve your idea and find the proper niche. Also try working at some local internet startups. I worked at a bunch that failed but I learned a hell of a lot. It's a much cheaper way to fail :) Best of luck!
5. Just thought of one other thing: I'm not sure if you're a musician but create a product that solves YOUR problems. It's much easier to be passionate about a problem when it's fixing your life. If you're a musician, congrats!
- TimothyBurgess 16y agoI appreciate the kind words. But believe it or not my design sense isn't lacking as much as it would appear haha... it's just that I was trying to do something different with this particular app. The landing page uses the same framework as the actual app but it looks like that wasn't the way to go. I'll probably end up conforming to typical landing pages and repost within a few days. Please keep an eye out as proof that my design sense isn't as terrible as you think haha! I should also mention that my app does something completely new for that market but it's my fault that you didn't know what it does. Lastly, I actually don't plan on becoming a huge internet entrepreneur... just using this to have some kind of self-sustaining income so I can work on what I'm really good at: robotics.
- biznickman 16y agoThanks for replying. Definitely let me know when you have the new landing page b/c the homepage right now really isn't good :) As for new for the market you'll definitely have to explain that aspect. In terms of starting a business: if you are passionate about robotics ... focus on robotics. My passion happened to be starting businesses so in that regard we're probably different then! I still wish you the best of luck!