Ask HN: What are your biggest roadblocks when building a new project/SaaS?

Re:Ask HN: What are your biggest roadblocks when building a ... by lethologica on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @06:14PM (#21339636)

Myself.

The Process is usually

1 - Think of idea

2 - Research idea

3 - Continue researching the idea for several months, promising myself that the more information I have, the better equipped I'll be to tackle the project

4 - Idea goes from "Simple idea X" to "This will be the new Google"

5 - Get so wrapped up in the previous stage that I lose track of the simple original idea.

6 - Get overwhelmed

7 - Begin to think "Well, X does this idea better anyway, why even bother?"

8 - Sulk

9 - Forget idea

10 GOTO 1

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Re:Ask HN: What are your biggest roadblocks when building a ... by ariosto on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @07:54PM (#21340280)

Damn it you speak my language.

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Re:Ask HN: What are your biggest roadblocks when building a ... by sjg007 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @09:40PM (#21340875)

Just start with #1 and then maybe put out an email signup and some google ads for #2 and then go from there. Don't overthink it.

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Re:Ask HN: What are your biggest roadblocks when building a ... by chrisfrantz on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @07:46PM (#21340228)

This is right on. After reading the other thread on the front page right now about independent and successful makers, I noticed a pattern.

Most of the ideas seem to be: find niche, validate with a few customers, then just push for a few years till it works at scale. Skipping the months of research and everything else after step 2.

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Re:Ask HN: What are your biggest roadblocks when building a ... by volkk on Friday October 25, 2019 @04:13PM (#21358794)

here's the thing, are you saying that number 3 (aka research), is not necessary? because i think reading and knowing the domain you want to deal with is extremely important, and really before anything, number 3 should tell you whether this is a worthwhile pursuit or not

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Re:Ask HN: What are your biggest roadblocks when building a ... by dinkleberg on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @06:21PM (#21339685)

I definitely resonate with this.

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