How to Test Drive Your Business Idea Before Quitting Your Job

Re:How to Test Drive Your Business Idea Before Quitting Your... by free2rhyme214 on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:58AM (#12459909)

Great post Michael. Despite what people say about vanity metrics, I think proving people want what you're going to build before you build it is incredibly important.

I heard Flexport did this by getting 300 companies to sign up before Ryan (the founder) wrote any code.

Eliminating risk isn't entirely possible. You could create a website for DoorDash/Ladder or Flexport, get traction, build Version 1 and then get told NO but I bet statistically you're more likely to have success with this method than building V1 first.

As an example, Optimizely got something like a $2-$4k commitment to pay without writing any code.

Again not everything works out this way. Snapchat, for example, would be a terrible example for this methodology but it works for some ideas.

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Re:How to Test Drive Your Business Idea Before Quitting Your... by 2michaeltaylor on Friday September 09, 2016 @03:48AM (#12460305)

Thanks! Yeah I agree; I'd still be happy if I never made the next Snapchat. I'd rather make little fun businesses that make money and can grow without too much insanity.

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