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I'll give you a piece of advice (take it for whatever you want) that you're not likely to get elsewhere. People aren't stupid. The dominant model in many onli
by its_so_on 14y ago
I'll give you a piece of advice (take it for whatever you want) that you're not likely to get elsewhere.
People aren't stupid.
The dominant model in many online ventures is that in some sense the "user is the product", which they're selling to companies. There will be a huge natural push on you to sell a part in your user's "decisions" - you need to resist this, and then you will be ahead of 99.97% of web sites in your sector.
The term "Your trusted advisor" is all but meaningless online. Make yours have meaning. Then, you are not competing with the rest of the Internet (well, maybe with 0.03% of your niche) but instead with real trusted people, like financial advisers.
There is a lot of money there, and the Internet isn't getting any of it, because whereas people (rightly) pay for people in real life that they trust, people (rightly) don't go online for the same thing.
- sadga 14y agoAre you familiar with mint.com?
- mcarvin 14y agothanks for the thoughts. cannot stress enough how important it is to us to build a business and product that people have confidence and trust in.
- Sumaso 14y agoMany people would love to get a second opinion on their finances, and they like to come into meetings already having a certain amount of information on the topic. I am a heavy user of mint.com and I could absolutely see this site being very handy. It never hurts to get a second opinion.