Ask HN: I've got 3 months of long weekends. What should I build?

Re:Ask HN: I've got 3 months of long weekends. What should ... by keeptrying on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @07:03AM (#2704902)

You need to figure out who will pay you money. To do that you need to go talk to clients. Thats the hard part. Ie figuring out the problem.

Implementation is straightforward because you already have a timeline for it. :) (Seriously!)

Steps: * choose your best 3 ideas

* create mockups for each

* find customers for them - linkedin, twitter, blogs, google, your fb friends.

* interview them and see if they will pay for a solution.

* select your strongest idea

* tweak it with feedback

* Implement a simple solution and iterate

Dont be surprised if by the end of the month youve just looped through all these steps!

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Re:Ask HN: I've got 3 months of long weekends. What should ... by luke_s on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @07:13AM (#2704927)

Hmmm, I think options 4 (android photo management app) and 5 (Paypal to google analytics integration) would be very well suited for that approach. Perhaps I should spend the 1st month on one of the other options, while trying to talk to potential customers for option 4 or 5 as a background task.

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Re:Ask HN: I've got 3 months of long weekends. What should ... by keeptrying on Tuesday June 28, 2011 @07:17AM (#2704938)

Focus on one. Focus on the one that will have immediate users. (You'll hate working on an app with no users.) And one that people will pay to use. (Because thats your goal.)

Best of luck.

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