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Was it side project? or was it hobby? or was it remote work?
Did you just left the job or pursue it? or you grow your business first?
I wanted to do business but I do not know where to start. what did you do as a first thing to start a business?
There are many many many business ideas that are hard to generate a single dollar of revenue off of because the problem you're solving is not big enough.
I'm in the cannabis point-of-sale space. The problem I was solving was inventory management for a single store I knew. If could help him track his numbers better, that was worth money to him (because he would save money for his business), and he was willing to pay $100/month for that right off the bat.
If I was solving something like, have a cool iPad display to show your products to your customers, that wouldn't be worth any money. It's not solving a big enough problem.
As we scaled, our value propositions shifted from a micro-scale more towards government compliance. Now we charge $500/month because we are solving a bigger problem.
Long story short: find a problem people are willing to pay for. If nobody's willing to pay, that's because the problem isn't big enough.
The first thing I did was find paying customers, as brudgers mentioned. There are many many many business ideas that are hard to generate a single dollar of revenue off of because the problem you're solving is not big enough. I'm in the cannabis point-of-sale space. The problem I was solving was inventory management for a single store I knew. If could help him track his numbers better, that was worth money to him (be…
Take Uber, for example, they had a simple idea, but since it solved people’s problem, it became famous. Also, you don’t necessarily have to launch a global business start small to try to come up with a solution that will help the local and then you can make it big if you want
for ideas I have to say now launching a business is easier then ever there are so many options now you can start a salon and allow people to book your services from apps, you can also start a logistics business or taxi service, etc
you can also get ideas for your business through this website: https://www.odtap.com/