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> Very fundamental rule number one: Only build something AFTER you sell it FIRST. I've come to understand this reluctantly over the past couple months of soul
by eloff 5y ago
> Very fundamental rule number one: Only build something AFTER you sell it FIRST.
I've come to understand this reluctantly over the past couple months of soul searching. I would not try to start coding again (with creating a business in mind) without having first found 5-10 customers.
- faeyanpiraat 5y agoImportant to point out that the best validation is customers who actually pay real money for the idea in advance. Someone telling OP "interesting, I would buy it" might even be worse than not trying selling it at all, as it might fool OP into working even harder for nothing in the end.
- jonfw 5y agoValidating an idea isn't just getting a yes or no. You need to understand what the person's problem is, how much that problem costs them, what solutions they have tried before, what problems did they have with those solutions, etc. And then you have to size the market. How many other people have that problem? How do you reach those people?
- exdsq 5y agoAnd this is where those Lean Startup books come into play because some of their case studies, even if they're fluffy, show how you can prototype your product with a lot of manual intervention to onboard those 5-10 customers before building anything. I remember reading about an AI Assistant that launched and, to check the market, it was just the founder responding to people lol.