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One of the difficulties I am having is figuring out the idea - i) What is your idea generation process? ii) Building a startup of any kind is not as rosy as you
by itsmefaz 5y ago
One of the difficulties I am having is figuring out the idea - i) What is your idea generation process? ii) Building a startup of any kind is not as rosy as you put it? iii) Can you define what a micro startup is?
Do you have a fallback in case any of this fails, and where you working before you built your first startup?
Also, just from this brief interaction, I can see that you are more of a problem -> solution-oriented guy and don't care much about the tech stack. How can one eliminate this mindset? As engineers seem to be more invested in such things?
- 1hakr 5y agoThis is how I try to figure out ideas - I see a potential problem, see if I can solve it. See if it's already being solved, if not - I pitch the idea to few people. If atleast 50% got excited. I pick this idea to build - I set a goal on day 1 on what the microstartup should achieve once its launched. I try to take no more than 4 weeks to build it. - I do a public launch in IH, PH, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Reddit. In few weeks if I reach the goal that I set at the beginning, then I continue working on it to improve. If not then I will drop it and move on the next.
- ehnto 5y agoedit: I see you have already answered this, "12 failed validation" you wrote earlier. How many ideas have you dropped so far? This is similar to my process, except I have a habit of keeping applications on life support since it's pretty low effort to do.
- 1hakr 5y agoMe too, I don't drop my microstartups, I automate 95% of my microstartups.
- anaxag0ras 5y ago> I pitch the idea to few people. If atleast 50% got excited. I pick this idea to build. Are those people within your friend/family circle or is it to potential users? If it's potential users, how do you find them and get to talk with them?
- 1hakr 5y agoIt's mostly my friends and family