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  1. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    @Andy Black Thank you for all the resources you shared! I will read through them tonight. The one by Justin Jackson especially caught my eye. I believe I bought his book back when it was released. I should probably return to that at some point. Yes, I am. I'm defining my market by demographic...
  2. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    Once you've built the solution, how do you tell them about it? You often can't do it where you learned about the problem because someone else owns that platform.
  3. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    @million$$$smile Really appreciate your taking the time to have a dialog with me. I'm trying to learn and to understand what I'm doing wrong. Every bit of feedback helps. Same goes for everyone else who has posted here. Thanks to you all for taking the time to read and to share your thoughts.
  4. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    I think I understand what you're saying here. You're saying I don't need to define an audience. I just need to choose a pain and build the product to that. What I don't understand is why finding the pain without having first targeted an audience would be any more effective. In defining an...
  5. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    Just want to clarify, I'm planning to build a product — probably an information product or maybe a piece of software. What you're saying makes perfect sense if I'm sourcing a product to sell but not if I'm trying to develop a product. If I'm sourcing a product, the product already exists. I can...
  6. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    This is what the watering holes represent. I'm already doing this. Now, I just need to get permission to market to them so that, once I have something to sell, I can tell them about it. For this, I'm trying to get them on an email list with the content I'm writing, and that's where I'm falling...
  7. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    Nothing to sell at this point. I'm working on building an audience first. Then, I'll focus on what pains them and what I can build to alleviate it.
  8. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    One more thing I wanted to say about this: what I don't know is whether the content I'm writing on my blog is good. Since I'm getting no feedback, I don't know how I can figure this out.
  9. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    Thanks for your help! This gives me a lot to think about. I know you're mostly asking rhetorical questions, but I do want to address a couple of them and follow up. I am trying to build an audience organically. Are there any resources you'd recommend on how to build an audience via paid...
  10. raddevon

    Been working since March with little to show. What next?

    I signed up for a course in March and have been putting the lessons into practice since then. It's a methodology for developing a business. It divides the process into essentially these steps: Select an audience Find watering holes Discover audience's pains Write fixes for pain on a blog Build...
  11. raddevon

    Startup #3: Feedbackz + Amazio Labs (Amazon FBA Seller Blog)

    GOLD! 
    I don't think it's unreasonable that you'd want to be able to talk to people who are interested in your software hence capturing their email addresses doesn't seem like duping them from my perspective. Unless you're planning to use the email to really hit them with a hard sell after the fact, it...
  12. raddevon

    For tech entrepreneurs short on ideas...

    IDEA 
    I'm not, but then I'm not sure I can come up with the origins of any well-known software companies off the top of my head.
  13. raddevon

    For tech entrepreneurs short on ideas...

    IDEA 
    I found this a while back and wanted to share. I found it on Jason Kottke's site, but it was originally posted as a comment on HackerNews. To generate startup ideas, first pick an industry. Ask someone in that industry what they currently use spreadsheets for. Then, go build a purpose-built...
  14. raddevon

    Sabotage: Don't let black & white thinking ruin your success

    MINDSET 
    This reminds me of something I read recently. I can't remember if it was Unscripted or another book I read recently (been reading quite a few lately; please forgive me) that said you want to measure yourself against yourself yesterday, not against the most extraordinary example of whatever it is...
  15. raddevon

    Health, Wealth, and Happiness (The Complete Entrepreneur)

    MINDSET 
    Four years ago, I was working for a school district in rural East Tennessee. After I left that job, I started doing web development which was more interesting work, made more money, and gave me more control over my life. I got a job offer from my favorite client and took it for even more money...
  16. raddevon

    I've Read UNSCRIPTED!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    Finished Unscripted a couple weeks back. Especially enjoyed the practicality of the money system at the end. Plenty of other good stuff throughout too.
  17. raddevon

    Feedback on idea needed. Rebranding and going for the message

    IDEA 
    My hunch may be way off in your country. Preoders will be helpful no matter where you are though. My one reservation: are pre-orders practical for you since you're dealing in second-hand phones? Didn't even think about this when I suggested it. My only worry is that you won't know what stock...
  18. raddevon

    Feedback on idea needed. Rebranding and going for the message

    IDEA 
    My hunch is the person who wants a pre-owned phone will care more about saving money than about a sexy box. The only way to know though is to talk to them. Just make sure you're careful in how you approach the people you're talking to. If you go to them with you idea and say, "What do you...
  19. raddevon

    What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

    NOTABLE! HOT! BOOKS CHAT 
    Just finished Millionaire Fastlane, and I've started Happy by Derren Brown.
  20. raddevon

    Interpreting validation results?

    I love the idea of asking for a sale. You're going to get a more accurate result if you ask them to pay rather than asking if they would pay.
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