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You've got nothing right now, treat it as such. Details are good and people will be willing to give you feedback on your thoughts if you give them. I've had a m
by netmau5 16y ago
You've got nothing right now, treat it as such. Details are good and people will be willing to give you feedback on your thoughts if you give them. I've had a million ideas and most of them seem great until you start talking about them. Have you asked a potential customer, another entrepreneur, or a partner for feedback? If not, that is the first thing you should be doing.
The next thing you can do is to run some tests to validate your target market. There are a plethora of ways to do this from interacting with potential customers to adwords'ing a custom landing page. It really just depends on the idea you want to test.
The way you mention finding a technical cofounder sounds an awful lot like finding someone to do all the work for you. That is a fool's errand. If you don't have time to invest in it yourself, you're not going to own any part of it. Developing an app, and more specifically, a business, takes a HUGE time investment. You've got to be committed.
- JCB_K 16y agoThe way you mention finding a technical cofounder sounds an awful lot like finding someone to do all the work for you. That's exactly what I'm afraid of: I don't want to have someone doing all the work for me. It's my idea, I want to take ownership of it. How would I go about talking to people about it? There are few people whom I personally know which would be relevant to talk to. I'd rather not post the whole idea on HN, as there are probably loads of people who can make this in a fraction of the time it would take me. Should I just email random people who I come across on the net who could give me useful advice? Doesn't feel like a great idea either.
- ffumarola 16y agoIn my experience, every amazing unique idea I've had has: 1) Been created to some degree before, and 2) Been thought about by other people 100x more.
- netmau5 16y agoI can send you an invite to Sparkmuse if you'd like to talk about it there. Hit me up if you'd like, email is in profile. Ask yourself who you'd sell this product/service to and try to track those people down. This isn't development, this is marketing, and it's not always easy. And yes, sometimes emailing people out of the blue works well too. If you can find someone involved in your market, such as a blogger, they might be able to provide excellent advice (just be sure to be helpful in return).
- JCB_K 16y agoThanks, will do!
- noahc 16y agoWhat you are missing is that everyone else thinks their idea is the greatest idea, too. You could tell me your idea, and I'd probably laugh at you. I believe you're making some assumptions that simply aren't true. Screaming your ideas from the hilltops is actually a good idea. People will approach you who can help, people will offer advice and suggestions, etc. No one is going to steal your idea, and most people honestly won't care. Just as plants can't grow in a closet, ideas can't grow unless they the see the light of scrutiny of people smarter than you.