4 ms·
I can't ever see myself using a service like this for fear of somebody developing my idea first. Many of the good 'apps' out there quickly generate copy-cat ap
by shizamdamnit 14y ago
I can't ever see myself using a service like this for fear of somebody developing my idea first. Many of the good 'apps' out there quickly generate copy-cat apps, this will just take the originators out of the loop :)
- rplnt 14y agoGood apps generate copy-cats, not ideas of good apps. Ideas are worthless. Everyone has them.
- vlokshin 14y agoEveryone has ideas, and some even have the ability to execute. We're trying to marry the two. Full disclosure: My team needs this product. We've built apps no one wants. We don't want to to do that again. We're hoping others are in the same boat.
- johnmurch 14y agoA way to test the market or get social proof that there is a market for this. Checkout how buffer did it - http://blog.bufferapp.com/idea-to-paying-customers-in-7-weeks-how-we-did-it http://blog.bufferapp.com/idea-to-paying-customers-in-7-week... You need 2 things: Landing page to describe product/etc and a community to support say yes/no BTW did you see http://www.startuprocketlauncher.com/ http://www.startuprocketlauncher.com/ on HN today as well?
- vlokshin 14y agoAwesome first link. For the second, no I didn't see that until now. Hmmm. I wonder if that's somebody being clever to prove a point of how easy ideas are to steal? If so, kudos for the irony :)
- rplnt 14y agoSadly, luck is as important as good execution.
- frozenport 14y agoGood ideas are not worthless.
- rplnt 14y agoGood ideas are essential - but they have no value by themselves.
- frozenport 14y agoI wonder if your statement is equivalent to the famous, "existence is essence" claim? I think a good idea is a plan, and we certainly believe plans are worth something :-)