[HN Gopher] Show HN: Check if my startup ideas have legs
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Show HN: Check if my startup ideas have legs
Author : repartix
Score : 8 points
Date : 2021-02-12 20:37 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (provetheywantit.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (provetheywantit.com)
| harrisonjackson wrote:
| Neat idea. Like a very slimmed down Kickstarter. There's probably
| some minimum amount of style/content to convince me the person
| pitching the idea is the one I want to build it. I guess the
| description field gives them a half of a chance to do that :D
| repartix wrote:
| They can add HTML in the description field.
| niyazpk wrote:
| If I am paying money, I need to get something back. 1% Equity for
| $1000? :)
|
| Or may be just refund the money back after 30 days?
| repartix wrote:
| You do get something back, you prove the idea has legs. Someone
| might go build it. It might help to give something more to
| backers but it seemed too much to work on for the MVP. I mean,
| if this idea gets 0 users (again) there's no point in adding
| more stuff to it.
|
| On refunds there are two options. The builder can either accept
| the $1000 or refund them.
|
| I don't know what would work. The reason I put a hard-cap on
| $1000 is to not get in legal trouble during this launch.
| Getting more than $1000 might make a service classified as an
| MSB (money services business). For the same reason, I'm
| thinking of refunding all the money back after 30 days, and not
| letting the builder keep any of the money.
| lanecwagner wrote:
| Wow... this is actually a really cool idea. Just gave it a shot:
| https://provetheywantit.com/project?public_token=pub_eNTRarZ...
| theogravity wrote:
| It's an interesting idea, but it's going to be hard to prove the
| model when the only payment accepted seems to be Litecoin, which
| severely limits the audience that can "vote" to prove the
| concept.
| wyck wrote:
| You want people to put money towards a vague idea, just to see if
| it's a good idea? If you don't have a good idea and skin in the
| game, what on earth makes you think you'll be able to create
| something? I don't get it.
| withinboredom wrote:
| Tried to create a project, but I literally have no idea how to
| send the money. There's a QR code but my phone says "no usable
| data" (iPhone). If there were a simple LTC address, it would be
| pretty simple.
| repartix wrote:
| I added the address in both /admin and /project. Thanks!
| repartix wrote:
| Hello HN, I'm bad at picking startup ideas. I built a lot of
| stuff no one used. So I thought I'd build a site where people can
| pay for an idea before it's built.
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| You don't need to create some fancy landing page or something.
| Just describe the idea.
|
| If people pay before an idea gets built, it's probably a big
| positive sign. It means the idea is big enough of a pain point.
| If not, this website will be a graveyard of ideas that didn't
| work.
|
| If this doesn't work I'll take it down in a week.
| offtop5 wrote:
| I would prefer something like this, but for specific niches.
| For example I'd love something like this to upload my video
| game trailer too, but I don't think showcasing the game I'm
| building is really all that well served by your current format.
|
| I can imagine similar examples for music
| repartix wrote:
| You can add HTML in the description field.
|
| I'll check on adding channels. Thanks!
| ghoshbishakh wrote:
| Liked this one! Can't wait to see it getting filled with awesome
| ideas from which I can pick one to become a billionaire ;)
| orky56 wrote:
| I like the concept but please correct me if I'm mistaken that
| this is essentially a Kickstarter approach of validating a
| product concept but backers are putting in more skin in the game
| than the one who came up with the idea? I think it's important to
| validate an idea and people's willingness to pay but that is
| based on trust/brand/distribution/credibility as well. Instead of
| a pay option, it might be more interesting to harvest emails for
| early access or updates.
| harrisonjackson wrote:
| Ha just posted a very similar comment. There is a reason
| kickstarter has created a whole industry of videographers and
| kickstarter designers.
| repartix wrote:
| Yeah, pretty much. It's a way to see which ideas are good, not
| which founders would be best to build them. Ideas probably pick
| founders more than founders pick ideas. People have
| inclinations that make them best suited for only the ideas
| they'd be great at.
|
| Imagine 10 earnest, formidable, unknown founders in one end and
| 10 bad-looking, good, unknown ideas on the other end. It'd be
| great if they could find each other.
|
| Paying is a stronger signal than entering an email. Harvesting
| emails might work but it'd need some proof-of-work mechanism to
| vet people really are interested.
|
| What Kickstarter doesn't provide is a way for backers to show
| things they want built that no-one stepped up to build yet.
| That's a bigger set. It's all of the ideas that are left!
| orky56 wrote:
| There's a great opportunity to use this site as a jumping off
| point for distribution. Harvest emails/like on
| social/transact for one-time/repeat/subscription/recommend to
| friends/etc, all of which is available via various existing
| vendor APIs.
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