I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
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I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
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Re: I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
#2I think the problem is that you picked an idea that requires you to be overly-social for it to succeed, and you are an introvert.
Re: I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
#3I think the problem is that you picked an idea that requires you to be overly-social for it to succeed, and you are an introvert.
What's an example of an idea that doesn't require you to be overly social? I would probably guess founders and sales in general requires a lot of social skills.
Re: I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
#4I don't think you failed yet.
I just think it's really hard to start a marketplace application like this where you need to bootstrap an ecosystem.
Read The Lean Marketplace. There's some really good pointers in there on how to over on how on how to go about the difficult task of building an ecosystem around your website.
Just have patience I think stuff like this just takes a little time.
Finally, find a friend who talks way too much and likes communicating with people but doesn't know how to build stuff. Get a business partner.
I think this could really work. I think you should go for it.
Re: I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
#5I actually think this is a pretty good idea. Sort of the online version of a bake sale.
Re: I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
#6You didn’t need to spend months on an mvp to interview your potential customers at food banks.
I recommend reading the the mom test before you start your next project.
Re: I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
#7I think the problem is that you picked an idea that requires you to be overly-social for it to succeed, and you are an introvert.
What's an example of an idea that doesn't require you to be overly social? I would probably guess founders and sales in general requires a lot of social skills.
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Re: I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
#8FWIW this was a great write up. You are an excellent storyteller. Also the app execution looks superb, and the idea itself seems pretty good to me (but I can’t say I know much about this niche/market).
Keep building and keep writing!
Re: I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
#9I think the problem is that you picked an idea that requires you to be overly-social for it to succeed, and you are an introvert.
What's an example of an idea that doesn't require you to be overly social? I would probably guess founders and sales in general requires a lot of social skills.
You can do stuff that's pure automated transactions. Stock trading, ad bidding arbitrage, that kind of thing. Of course those are pretty competitive spaces, but there are probably similar niches awaiting exploitation.
Re: I spent a year building an app and failed – The story of Taskwer
#10> And one thing is certain; talking to people is never as difficult as the feeling of loneliness when you want to say something and there is no one to listen
Man did this hit hard.