Ask HN: How do you test ideas before building?

Posted by parentheses on Saturday July 09, 2022 @04:23PM
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How do you test an idea for a new product without building it?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you test ideas before building? by zkirill on Saturday July 09, 2022 @08:33PM (#32040719)

I remember a story about a book author (may have been Tim Ferris) printing book covers, placing them in libraries, and observing how many people picked out the book. That story stuck with me and I extrapolate from it for new products.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you test ideas before building? by mkranjec on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:55AM (#32042941)

Care to explain how would observing that work in practice? There's no ISBN, so you can't track rentals. QR or URL would not give "real" results.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you test ideas before building? by zkirill on Sunday July 10, 2022 @09:18AM (#32044456)

You sit on a chair in the library or book store isle next to where you put your “book”.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you test ideas before building? by parentheses on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:55PM (#32047714)

This is a damn cool hack!

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