Post-mortem: Lessons learned for consumer web startups

Re:Post-mortem: Lessons learned for consumer web startups by takrupp on Monday August 09, 2010 @12:47PM (#1588507)

Thanks for sharing. We've had a couple of additional web app ideas, and I think figuring out your user funnel is the most important part of deciding to move forward.

After a bit of discussion, we've decided to identify a few key pain areas and then brainstorm apps around those pain areas rather than taking the first idea that comes to mind. With the app market the way it is, a good idea isn't good enough. You need something that fits a market (that's preferably under-served or mis-served), has a good viral component and is novel. Engineering what app to approach is almost as hard, and less straight forward, as developing the app itself.

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Re:Post-mortem: Lessons learned for consumer web startups by kabir_h on Monday August 09, 2010 @01:38PM (#1588689)

Agreed! I like to use "build for emotion" as the barometer of a good idea. If you can actually see someone become excited to discover your app, and the delight of the first 15 minutes of using it, you're on the road to a good product.

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