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Re: Ask HN: Where do you find potential customers to validate your idea / MVP?

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Post by showsover » Fri, Apr 02, 2021, 7:21 PM UTC

f6v wrote: post #105

showsover wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They do spend time there, it's one of the only places that i know where FIRE enthousiasts hang out regularely. I'm creating something to track your net worth so you can map out your road to FI. I'd appreciate any feedback if possible: https://roadto.fi

1. Where do you get the data from? Is it supposed to fetch it from my accounts somehow? 2. Why would I trust you with my data? I mean, do you have a bank-level security? 3. 3 "Create account" buttons seem a bit excessive, as you can see all 3 of them without scrolling.

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it!

1. The account fetching is not possible as of yet because the brokers i use personally don't have an api available. 2. I'm not sure what you expect me to reply here, of course I have no bank-level security but I am taking the possible precautions. 3. Thanks, might need to rethink that page a bit, perhaps add some more content.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find potential customers to validate your idea / MVP?

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Post by showsover » Fri, Apr 02, 2021, 7:24 PM UTC

JamesBarney wrote: post #110

showsover wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My product is in the FIRE movement: tracking your net worth and figuring out how to get there. It's a simple webapp at the moment that tracks your investments and helps you guesstimate how much you need to save every month to achieve your goal. I'd appreciate any feedback about it! https://roadto.fi

Then I think a community driven approach would be a good place to find potential users for feedback. https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fire/ https://www.reddit.com/r/fatFIRE/ Also facebook. Not to mention there are a ton of bloggers. Start emailing bloggers in this space and explain why your app is better than the rest.

I haven't thought at all about bloggers, that's a really good tip!

Unfortunately I'm one of those people without a fb account, so that's out of the question for me. Twitter is similar, I have no wish to make this all about me, but rather about the product itself.

With regards to reddit: I've been following those subreddits for a while now, but it's hard to justify to myself to spend that much time there to market my app, compared to using that time to improve it. That's something I'll have to find a balance for I guess.

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find potential customers to validate your idea / MVP?

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Post by shakkhar » Fri, Apr 02, 2021, 10:00 PM UTC

IvanK_net wrote: post #72

I think the importance of users feedback and validation is often overrated. If Steve Jobs asked people, if they want a phone with no keyboard and just a touchscreen, most of them would say no back then.

Fortunately, I was an adult at the time the original iphone came out. (Although not in the US.) By then, market was already flooded with cheap Chinese phones with "touchscreen" which required a stylus. Apple, actually, was already pretty late to the game. Jobs' core innovation was the insistence on getting rid of the stylus.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you find potential customers to validate your idea / MVP?

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Post by RilForge » Fri, Apr 02, 2021, 11:40 PM UTC

Hi,

Are you still looking to validate your idea because I'm developing a saas solution around 'Rapidly Validate and Prototype Startup Ideas'.

I would appreciate if you or anyone on hacker news would like to jump on a zoom call (or anytime this/next week), so you can better communicate your experiences trying to validate your idea.

If you are interested, calendly link (book a timeslot): https://calendly.com/prepxus

FYI. I won't add my website because that is self promotion