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Ask HN: What is your process for executing ideas?
Is there a single guide or resource for web entrepreneurs to use to bring their idea to fruition? Such that would cover idea vetting, getting the idea executed on < $1k (hosting, squeeze page, template, domain, etc.), and marketing?
I have a dozen excellent opportunities, but feel like I spin my wheels trying to get the basics executed.
- TheUmair 15y agoI hack ideas myself and spend most of the money in marketing because unless people would about it, this is useless.
- TheUmair 15y agowould know abou it
- mapster 15y agoWhat would you suggest as a primer on marketing a Saas or online marketing?
- TheUmair 15y agoI am not sure if I got your question but the best source of available marketing I see is SEO. If you want any of your product quickly publicized you must spend some money on SEO marketing.
- coryl 15y agoDepends on the idea and what it requires. If its easy enough to hack, then just build it and launch it with its core features. If you need more validation, then time to do some market research, build a landing page, drive some traffic to it, etc. to see if its a worthwhile pursuit.
- mapster 15y agoI should say, I am not a developer, so am wondering which are the go to resources for executing (i.e. templates, hosting, domain, logo, etc.)?
- coryl 15y agoWell, its bit harder at these stages since you lack the basics. I would personally invest a bit of time into learning HTML/CSS, and playing around in Photoshop. If you choose to buy a design, you have MonsterTemplates or ThemeForest, but you'll have no idea on how to customize them without some HTML/CSS knowledge. For hosting, there tons of paid options, I would try using free hosting for now and learning a bit about using an FTP program to upload your data. Really, unless you have huge skills or opportunity elsewhere, you're starting at the basics of web development which leaves you in no position to try and start a web-based business. After you learn a bit more, maybe then you can decide whether or not you want to keep learning development or if you'd rather hire / recruit a developer.