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I'm so happy you're asking! As a good entrepreneur/product manager, I start by validating the idea with the most minimum viable product possible. For a service
by phalox 6y ago
I'm so happy you're asking! As a good entrepreneur/product manager, I start by validating the idea with the most minimum viable product possible.
For a service like this, I can simply use the 'concierge MVP' (https://www.shortform.com/blog/concierge-mvp/ https://www.shortform.com/blog/concierge-mvp/). So you're not far of: Rather than an army, it's me myself and I. Another common strategy is to do things that don't scale (and this most definitely won't scale). If it turns out to be a success I can define with the customers which features will be implemented first, and which will remain a 'concierge' service. The technical risk will need to be tackled next when there is market demand.
For early adopters, that pretty much means they're getting a personal coach for near to nothing.
If I'm lucky to have customers, I have some ideas around converting chat bots into virtual coaches, doing a bit of natural language processing (mainly to get the sentiment) and some simpler text matching to make sure the target customer, problem and solution match. Under the hood I'll need a process with different branches for different businesses. The alpha stage is also meant to further expand this process before implementing it in software.
(sidenote: Launching something is exciting, but also scary. I'm super happy you wrote!)
- stallmanite 6y agoVery cool, thanks for your detailed response. Hopefully one day I’ll be in a position to use your services.
- julianu 6y agoLove the transparency and boldness. My personal opinion is that your service sounds too good to be true so it makes me hesitate trying it out as there is a time and emotional cost to trying it out.
- phalox 6y agoThis is great feedback, and I believe the solution is to be even more transparent. I was thinking of adding some FAQ after the pricing to give people some insight and increase the trust level. So far, no conversions yet. I can only conclude that the current format is indeed not the right one. Trust in the service can indeed be a problematic one. I'm going to individual approach now: Reach out to people on IndieHackers who wrote about their idea, and browse around here (although, I think people will be in a later stage). I'll be sure to get back when I have an update! :)