About 1.5 years ago, we were going through possible itches we could scratch with a bunch of friends and how to turn them into a fun startup. The very first thin

About 1.5 years ago, we were going through possible itches we could scratch with a bunch of friends and how to turn them into a fun startup. The very first thing that came to mind was a travel planning app. After going through different rounds of evaluating the idea, we came up with the same conclusion that a service/app with 2-3 uses in a year is not a viable app to make money off of. We followed the first anti-pattern of startup ideas and immediately started thinking about making it a platform (when in doubt abstract away). When we realized that we were pushing too hard to make a fun project a financially viable startup idea, we gave up and eventually moved onto different ideas. It's a pity that such a commonplace problem is such an unattractive business model at least with the current approaches that come to mind..