How to Test Drive Your Business Idea Before Quitting Your Job

Re:How to Test Drive Your Business Idea Before Quitting Your... by stuntgoat on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:58AM (#12459907)

I hear this is what the creators of Pokemon Go used before they launched their product.

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Re:How to Test Drive Your Business Idea Before Quitting Your... by stefanmancevski on Sunday September 11, 2016 @10:44AM (#12473603)

Niantic was an internal startup at Google before spinning out into an independent company in 2015. By that point they already proved out their business idea with a cult hit game called Ingress, off which Pokemon Go is based. So technically yes, you're right :)

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Re:How to Test Drive Your Business Idea Before Quitting Your... by 2michaeltaylor on Friday September 09, 2016 @03:52AM (#12460320)

LOL. Well they already had jobs where they could work on their idea. It's funny though he did kind of start lean and build up: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/History_of_Pok%C3%A9m...

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