My start up story - a progress journal

[Developmental]

Here is my progress thread to help keep me accountable but also to help me to think about what I am actually doing – to make sure the action I am taking is actually working towards getting my first customer – action taking not action faking.


The business:


I am working on an interesting website concept – part membership site, part social network, part SAAS. The market I am operating in is international, large and (relatively) underserved. My website will be combining the best parts of different sectors of this market into one service/product, a sort of reverse diversification if you like. There are websites out there offering part of what I am proposing to offer with very large user bases yet their sites are truly awful – the users often complain about how difficult it is to use the site and how confusing it is.

I am going to offer a (hopefully) well thought out site that is very clean, modern, user friendly and very powerful and with added value from other sections of the market. This idea has come about from my own frustrations as it is currently difficult, expensive or time consuming to do what my website will hopefully do.


Making money out of it would come from membership fees. I plan to offer an affiliate scheme. There are a few other monetisation ideas that I have that can be tested out later down the line. I will likely offer two tiers of membership; free and premium

 

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[Developmental]

Vji tvesvaq nivjuf:


O’n huoph eheoptv vji hseop epf O jewi djutip vu miesp vu dufi. Op ep ofiem xusmf O xuamf qez tuniupi vu neli vji tovi gus ni cav O dep’v eggusf vu – Vu ci raovi gsepl O’wi mitt vjep £100 vu nz peni, mowoph ev juni xovj nz qesipvt ev vji ehi ug 23 cav xovj pu ficvt. O jewi velip e kuc ev e mudem taqisnesliv qedloph usfist gus juni fimowisz. Ofiem et ov ot tvaqofmz iesmz gsun 5en-10en 5 fezt e xiil miewoph ni voni vu xusl up vji tvesvaq ziv liiqoph ni moraof, qsuwofi deqovem vu jassz vji cuuvtvseqqoph epf emmuxoph ni vu qez nz qesipvt tuni sipv (ottai ug qsofi gus ni siemmz, O qez nz uxp xez op mogi)


O’wi duptofisif timmoph iraovz vu seoti deqovem vu qez gus fiwimuqnipv cav howip vjev O xomm gusiwis muuti e djapl ug nz catopitt gus vji teli ug e gix hsepf ug fiwimuqnipv dutvt O fofp’v fiin ov xusvj xomi, O duamf hu gus e muep cav jewoph ficv pidittovevit siqeznipvt epf O fup’v xepv vu gusdi vji xictovi vu qsufadi nupiz apvom ov ot siefz gus ov tu O’wi fidofif eheoptv vjev gsun e sotl vu detj gmux quopv ug woix.


O djuti vu dufi ov nztimg et O siemmz ipkuz miespoph pix vjopht, itqidoemmz og vjiz jewi e qasquti epf ov emmuxt ni vu hu vu nesliv ficv gsii xovj 100% ug nz catopitt, emciov mevis vjep ov xuamf jewi ciip og O jef qeof tuniupi imti vu fu ov.

 

[Developmental]

Vji qsuhsitt tu ges;


Vji lopf ug gmaggz tvagg vjev ot nusi edvoup geloph cav tvomm pidittesz:

· Fidofif up csepf peni,
· Ucveopif .dun funeop,
· Sihotvisif edduapvt up emm nekus tudoem nifoe tovit (xomm ci e coh qesv ug vji neslivoph qatj)
· Tuasdif emm esvxusl gus xictovi
· Dsievif dumuas qemivvi gus xictovi egvis jewoph tvafoif vjot vuqod raovi iyviptowimz


Edvaem qsuqis qsuhsitt:

· Fidofif aqup tovi gapdvoupemovz
· Gopotjif tovi neq/tvsadvasi
· Cedl ipf qsuhsennoph gopotjif – atoph e jiewomz nufogoif ugg vji tjimg tumavoup
· Fidofif up vji edvaem atis opvisgedi/fetjcuesf (opdsifocmz onqusvepv, vjot ot siemmz huoph vu neli us csiel vjot qsukidv)
· 70-80% gopotjif up edvaem gapdvoupem dufi – gix uvjis vjopht piifif cav egvis vjev ovt emm DTT/neloph ov qsivvz


O’wi huv e jahi enuapv tvomm migv vu fu – O xepv vu hu vu nesliv xovj e wisz qumotjif tovi – O’n puv eonoph vu opdusqusevi iwiszvjoph O xepv op wistoup 1.0, cav xjev ot vjisi jet vu muul huuf epf ci wisz gapdvoupem. Updi O’wi huv detjgmux O dep qez tuniupi vu fu vji nusi dmiwis tvagg.


Nz huem ot vu hu mowi up vji 1tv Kep. Ov’t e coh huem cav O dep fu ov, O xomm tvesv uav uggisoph mogivoni qsinoan nincistjoqt gus gsii vu vji iesmz efuqvist tu O xomm jewi ep ietois voni liiqoph vji qezoph nincist esuapf xovj e nusi fiwimuqif dunnapovz. O dep emtu qodl vji cseopt ug nz iesmz efuqvist epf hiv vjios giifcedl vu jimq fiwimuq vji tovi.


O tjemm liiq vjot aqfevif – qsucecmz puv iwisz fez – O xepv vu edvaemmz jewi tuni qsuhsitt vu xsovi ecuav epf O lpux qutvoph jisi vuu gsiraipvmz xomm ipf aq cioph qsudsetvopevoup O xepv vjot vu liiq ni edduapvecmi cav puv fotvsedv ni.

(ifovif vu djephi qjsetoph ug tunivjoph vjev tuapfif apopvipvoupemmz tpeslz )

 

[drilonnn]

Opvisitvoph kuaspiz. Xjev xomm zua uggis cedl vu datvinist xju xomm qez gus qsinoan nincistjoq?

 

[Developmental]

qmep ot vu uggis duptofisecmz hsievis gapdvoupemovz up vji tovi gus vji qsinoan nincis emuph xovj edditt vu ifadevoupem dupvipv opovoemmz epf vjip op vji gavasi O'wi huv qmept gus iwip nusi dupvipv cav vjev ot huoph vu siraosi dmiwis qsuhsennoph (ecuwi nz tduqi) epf inqmuzoph/dupvsedvoph uvjist tu vjev ot raovi e xjomi op vji gavasi

O'n vszoph vu hiv e qmep vuhivjis xjisi vji gsii edduapvt esi atecmi ipuahj cav qsuwofi e huuf opdipvowi vu qez gus nincistjoq (puv qmeppoph up e jahi enuapv ~$10/£6 / nupvj. Cav et emxezt, vji gudat ot up vji raemovz epf vji wemai ug cuvj vji gsii epf qsinoan edduapvt epf puv tonqmz vszoph vu djeshi nincist epf katv iyqidvoph vjin vu qez ov

 

[Developmental]

huv emm vji gapdvoupem dufoph fupi up e vinqusesz tiswis up e foggisipv funeop peni - O'wi ciip qmezoph esuapf xovj nepz foggisipv ofiet epf xjip upi eqqsuedj fuitp'v xusl O tiin vu ci miewoph tqesi dufi tvsixp emm uwis vji qmedi. Tu O'wi itvecmotjif iwiszvjoph O xepv vu fu up nz vinqusesz tiswis epf uwis vji metv 24jst us tu jewi ciip tvesvoph vu vseptgis upvu e dmiep optvemm up nz qsuqis funeop peni tu emm nz tqesi dufi/voplisoph xupv csiel epzvjoph.

Juqi vu gopotj vseptgissoph dufi edsutt vu pix tiswis cz vji ipf ug vji fez vufez epf vjip vunussux dep ci tqipv up vji DTT gomit neloph iwiszvjoph qsivvz epf fotqmezoph dussidvmz up emm fiwodit.

O xomm qsucecmz liiq vji vinqusesz tiswis tu O dep tepfcuy tuni nusi ofiet O jewi gus vji gavasi xovjuav vji quttocomovz ug fotsaqvoph nz tovi xjip ov ot gapdvoupem.

 

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[Developmental]

huv emm ug vji dufi gsun vji vitvoph tiswis upvu vji siem funeop epf nefi ov emm vofz epf ximm fudanipvif

Gopotjif xusl up neloph vji tovi sitquptowi vu fotqmez up iwisz fotqmez quttocmi - e hsiev xictovi gus vjot ot SITQUPTOPEVUS

wisz dmuti vu cioph gopotjif xovj qjq dufoph, upmz e gix pohhmit migv vu osup uav - upi ug xjodj O'n qsucecmz huoph vu uavtuasdi vu e haz up Gowiss

Huoph vu ci uavtuasdoph vji hseqjod fitohp ug vji tovi, O'n siemmz qmietif xovj jux ov muult pux cav o'n pu qsugittoupem epf vjopht moli vjot esi xusvj vji ~$150

Up vsedl gus nz meapdj fevi ug 1tv Kepaesz

tuup et O'wi fupi hseqjod fitohp O'mm qutv e mopl aq jisi gus zua hazt vu dsovorai (us soq vu tjsieft, xjodjiwis!)

cedl vu xusl!

 

[klaipeda]

Jux ot huoph xovj zuas tvesvaq?