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Recent content by openwater

  1. openwater

    Image recognition app. AI-based skin care diagnostic imaging.

    Having some fun with this now... If the time and expense of building an AI app (or hiring someone to do it - ML engineers are not cheap) is too high, you could get creative with delivering the value to your users. For example, you could enlist a dermatologist to create a very simple "how to"...
  2. openwater

    Image recognition app. AI-based skin care diagnostic imaging.

    An coworker and I actually made an attempt at this space. The good news for you is that there is lots of competition, meaning it's a great need. The custom skincare space is currently exploding. The work involved before development is likely thinking through your unique selling proposition vs...
  3. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    Very interesting - this is a valuable insight. To your point, if someone is already struggling for margin, they are likely not going to be open to dropping more cash on a software offering without seeing some serious value (seeing top items/features per category may not be enough value). +1...
  4. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    I love it. Initially I was closed off to this idea because it seemed a long way around of understanding eCommerce as opposed to just asking folks in the space. But your points about learning sales and learning the pain points on a personal level are spot on. Additionally it would provide much...
  5. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    This is awesome! Thank you for the link, and for the nudge to look for problems within this forum itself. Great ideas.
  6. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    Quick update here. I intend to stay in the eCommerce space, and like the above post mentioned, find the actual pain points of eCommerce folks before building a product. I'm having a difficult time so far getting business owners to talk to me. For your entertainment, here's one response I got...
  7. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    Hey guys, Final update for the time being. It's been a hell of a week of learning and reflection. I spent a lot of time going through old threads in the forum, especially Dane Maxwell's incredible AMA, then proceeded to read his book. I've come to realize a few things: For me, coding is...
  8. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    Absolutely makes sense, great idea! I also appreciate the early caution you're giving me on validating the product. Thinking more on your input, I'm honestly realizing it would be silly for me to charge ahead with the coding without hitting the pavement and getting some actual feedback on...
  9. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    Very interesting - I hadn't heard of Akamai but after digging around on their site you're right, they sound like a formidable bot blocker. The current thinking is - if I can view a webpage as a human without a login, I can collect that information with a bot as long as I am respectful of the...
  10. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks serge! I've a background in data analytics but am new to entrepreneurship, so your recommendation is a great one and much appreciated. It's a good reminder to get something out quickly. I'm thinking that the landing page / deck / video will have screenshots of very basic visualizations...
  11. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks - that is exactly right. There are folks out there killing it at the actual digging, figure I'll help them out! As an aside, love the Felix Dennis quote. "How to Get Rich" is a wonderful book.
  12. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks! Agreed on web scraping - it looks like it really could go either way. Although your mentioning that there are some well-established businesses that web scrape gives me some confidence. Great question. After thinking long and hard - and almost trashing this idea overall - it seemed to...
  13. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    It's been a little while. Did you think I'd quit so easily? The coding to get the actual market intelligence data is more time consuming than I had originally thought. Two insights so far that well-mirror what is in Unscripted: 1. When I remember that every difficulty I face here is a...
  14. openwater

    Starting an eCommerce Competitive Intelligence Site

    EXECUTION 
    Checking in - currently tumbling down the rabbit hole of scientific papers on how to implement what I'm trying to do :happy: Long story short, there are two options: State-of-the-art implementation using the latest advances in machine learning. Estimated time to get working is unknown since...
  15. openwater

    I've Read UNSCRIPTED!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Just finished! Great book that built meaningfully on top of the first. Can already tell this will be one of the small 3-4 book collection that I keep digging back into. Thanks MJ!
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