What to Build?
January 16th, 2024 (9 months ago) • 2 minutes
This question had always been lingering on my mind. I always wanted to build a startup, but which idea could be the one? Here are some takeaways from my others' advice on the same topic.
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If you want to make something grand, don't start with grand ambitions. Start small and start writing ideas down, the more you do it, the more you have.
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Focus on repeat offenders. These ideas are the ones that you keep thinking about, the one that you fall asleep to.
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Tell your friends. This helps to validate your idea (or shut them down if they are bad). And with accountability as well.
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Make sure you enjoy thinking about it. The more you think about it, the more experience you gain. And you slowly become the subject matter expert.
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Simplify. As en engineer, we tend to overcomplicate things, because we think problems are complicated to start with and we want to make it 'scalable'. Instead, take a step back, and think about how you can simplify the problem. And thus the solution.
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Validate the market. You can build a steller product, but if no one is using it, then it's only a product for your own satisfacation. Start talking to people when you are building. Even better, build in public.
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Launch uncomfortably quickly. There's never too early to launch. You can always iterate and improve. But if you don't launch, you will never know if it's good enough.