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Re: Show HN: Niche SaaS Idea Generator

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Post by sdsdsdsdsds »

This is barebones. What we also need is some market analysis and some SWOT analysis. I have been thinking of a crowdsourced website where each startup is profiled under the categories 1) SWOT 2)Market size 3)Competitors 4)what does it take to build MVP.

I think such a site will be valuable

Re: Show HN: Niche SaaS Idea Generator

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Post by jetti »

the-dude wrote: post #2

If ideas had any value, they would not be given away. Ideas have no intrinsic value.

While true, I find that I have a very hard time coming up with ideas that I could implement as a side project that makes money. Something like this could potentially be helpful.

Re: Show HN: Niche SaaS Idea Generator

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Post by robotsonic »

sdsdsdsdsds wrote: post #3

This is barebones. What we also need is some market analysis and some SWOT analysis. I have been thinking of a crowdsourced website where each startup is profiled under the categories 1) SWOT 2)Market size 3)Competitors 4)what does it take to build MVP. I think such a site will be valuable

I agree with the need for more analysis.

This site seems to take a MadLibs style of 'product that exists' for 'company type that exists'. Surely there are legitimate results from that, but not without a lot more work.

Re: Show HN: Niche SaaS Idea Generator

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Post by fiatjaf »

All the ideas are good to generate money, but bad for mankind and civilization. There's already too much vendor lock-in and ausence of communication between platforms.

We should aim for a single tool that would serve for all kinds of businesses. What's the difference between a CRM for salons and one for bookstores? Probably something that could be sold as a plugin, or -- if the underlying system is good enough -- implemented with a bit of custom code.

That's what Fieldbook and Airtable are trying to do, and I sincerely hope they succeed (although they're awful, the tool I'm building myself is much better).

Re: Show HN: Niche SaaS Idea Generator

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy »

jetti wrote: post #4
the-dude wrote: post #2

If ideas had any value, they would not be given away. Ideas have no intrinsic value.

While true, I find that I have a very hard time coming up with ideas that I could implement as a side project that makes money. Something like this could potentially be helpful.

You don't have to come up with ideas: that work has already been done for you. You only need to choose one.

To get an idea: gather the names of 50 software companies and perhaps 50 companies in other areas. Research all of them.

Somewhere in those 100 businesses, there is a domain that interests you, with a product that you can improve on or market differently.

There's your side project.

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