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I worked at a startup that pivoted away from this product so have the same question. We found that people wouldn’t pay for our product that showed financial pro

I worked at a startup that pivoted away from this product so have the same question. We found that people wouldn’t pay for our product that showed financial projections based on current data. I would be really interested to hear how this product is different - maybe there’s a different monetization strategy or a different marketing strategy?

scubakid 4y ago
So far I've just been building what I really wanted to exist for my own planning purposes combined with the best ideas from early adopters, and then I've posted in a few places and gotten a little traction here and there. I can see how it might be difficult to build and sustain a real startup around this kind of product; it does feel a bit niche, and I haven't tried ads but I've always imagined that the target audience would probably be especially hostile towards them.
- actuallyalys 4y ago
  > I can see how it might be difficult to build and sustain a real startup around this kind of product Yes, I think the most important difference is that, as far as I can tell, you're looking for a bit of side income rather than trying to jump start a whole company.
  - scubakid 4y ago
    What direction did that startup take their product out of curiosity? Did they ditch the projection/forecasting element altogether or still keep a vestige of it?
    - YPCrumble 4y ago
      Pivoted to a B2B API in the same sector but fairly unrelated features-wise. Basically they had a few B2C customers who had a more pressing problem than forecasting, and the company provides an API for other companies to solve that problem for consumers as a feature.
- ekanes 4y ago
  A startup pivoting away can mean a few different things, but one thing it doesn’t mean is this couldn’t turn into something big for a long-term-focused solo dev!

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I worked at a startup that pivoted away from this product so have the same question. We found that people wouldn’t pay for our product that showed financial pro

by YPCrumble 4y ago

scubakid 4y ago
So far I've just been building what I really wanted to exist for my own planning purposes combined with the best ideas from early adopters, and then I've posted in a few places and gotten a little traction here and there. I can see how it might be difficult to build and sustain a real startup around this kind of product; it does feel a bit niche, and I haven't tried ads but I've always imagined that the target audience would probably be especially hostile towards them.
- actuallyalys 4y ago
  > I can see how it might be difficult to build and sustain a real startup around this kind of product Yes, I think the most important difference is that, as far as I can tell, you're looking for a bit of side income rather than trying to jump start a whole company.
  - scubakid 4y ago
    What direction did that startup take their product out of curiosity? Did they ditch the projection/forecasting element altogether or still keep a vestige of it?
    - YPCrumble 4y ago
      Pivoted to a B2B API in the same sector but fairly unrelated features-wise. Basically they had a few B2C customers who had a more pressing problem than forecasting, and the company provides an API for other companies to solve that problem for consumers as a feature.
- ekanes 4y ago
  A startup pivoting away can mean a few different things, but one thing it doesn’t mean is this couldn’t turn into something big for a long-term-focused solo dev!