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> I don't even know if this is something people would want or pay for if I completed it. Here is your problem. People give you money if you solve a problem for
by DocTomoe 5y ago
> I don't even know if this is something people would want or pay for if I completed it.
Here is your problem. People give you money if you solve a problem for them (this is called a "value proposition"). You need to get into talks with people who need this enough to whip out the credit card. And you need many of those...
I do like your idea - but honestly, that is a very specific problem that few people have, and those who do are not necessarily the one to make buying decisions. And then there's the "why not just put all of this onto AWS, yolo" folks. Not to mention that your venture right now has a bus number of one: Even if I decided to put cash down on your product, what happens to the code should you get hit by a bus? (This is why it will be hard for you to get business customers)
You need either
- someone who can do the marketing
- someone to shadow you
- several high-profile customers who are willing to partly finance the development
or you need to understand this as a hobby project.
- NatTheBat 5y agoThe fact that the idea isn't validated was also the red flag to me. I read the lean startup recently, I would recommend that to learn about validating product ideas as you build as to not get to a finished product that no one will pay for.
- piyh 5y agoHow do you validate those product ideas? Are you posting about it and fishing for engagement, or building some real quick and dirty prototypes?
- michaelmarkell 5y agoThe general advice is "do things that don't scale" so rather than trying to post about it and get some analytical data, just go talk to 20 people in your target market for an hour each and see what resonates with them, what problems they have etc -- all before building anything (except maybe a simple mockup if you feel it will get your point across better.)
- NatTheBat 5y agoDefinitely both but likely starting by talking to your target demographic and then building an MVP if it seems like people would pay money for it.
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