in reply to Business Idea

I hardly ever peruse meditations but I found this old one worth commenting on.

Moving from business idea to a concrete representation is my focus in this response. At one point books referred to an initial representation as an MVP, Minimum Viable Product. This is a 'scratch build' of your idea. My recommendations when trying to develop something like this are as follows:

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Re^2: Business Idea
by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 22, 2025 at 08:18 UTC

    "Consider not charging users but rather gathering their data and selling it to third parties. People hate paying for stuff online up front. At least consider the freemium route where at least initially all is free"

    Yeesh, I always wince when someone has this as a starting point. No thanks.

Re^2: Business Idea
by shmem (Chancellor) on Apr 22, 2025 at 11:03 UTC
    • Make sure your business model fits smoothly into the military-industrial complex, best by squatting a neglected niche. Learn from Musk, ZB, Bezos, Thiel et al
    perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'