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This is not a naive, general question, at least I hope it's not. I've been passionate about entrepreneurship, especially products and services, since almost 5 years. I have been thinking about different ideas that ranged from web apps to mobile applications and SaaS ideas. I guess all of these ideas sounded great to me and some of my friends, but I have never actually worked on them. I'd rather do something else, like learning general business skills or working on side projects for the purpose of gaining experience and promoting my personal brand. Last week, I've been offered a job. It will be a daunting one but it will pay off well. I will relocate from my hometown and work in a friendly environments. I said yes, and decided to relocate and organize my time between my regular job and the side online projects I'm working on. Until today. I was randomly daydreaming and checking the ceiling, when it suddenly hit me: a million-dollar idea. No, actually a billion-dollar idea. This doesn't mean I'm 100% sure of its success, but I was so excited about it to the extent that: 1) It gave me goosebumps. 2) It made me visualize the startup's mission and impact on people. 3) Possibility of my potential product's failure scared me, but it made me very determined to pursue it and see for myself. 4) It made me smile. So, in order to begin working on it, I have to learn web development and develop a prototype, as well as gaining advanced business knowledge and experience. Unfortunately, I won't be able to work on my idea and stick to a 9 to 5 job. I'm afraid I'll lose the vision I have when time passes by without working on it. I'm confused. Can you awesome people help me find the right person to consult and gain solid advice from? I trust Clarity!

Hi.
Super cool that you're passionate about your idea.
Many good answers have already been given, so I'll be short to the point.These are first stages that you need to do to:
1. research your idea (how it will be done, costs) and the market (potential customers, competitors etc)
2. Share your idea with friends and get feedback (yes, I know that entrepreneurs are always scared that their idea will get stolen, in reality, this almost never happens). An important point for this stage is that you avoid the ugly baby syndrome (if you show someone the ugliest baby in the world and say: "this is my baby, what do you think?" they will of course say that it's the cutest baby ever" because they don't want to offend you). so don't tell them it's your idea, just say something like: "my friend has this idea he wants me to work on with him, I think it isn't such a good idea, what do you think?" - this way, they will feel more open to tell you the truth.
3. Validate your idea - see how in this Clarity answer: https://clarity.fm/questions/596/how-do-you-get-access-to-the-right-people-to-validate-an-idea
I've successfully helped over 300 entrepreneurs. I'd be happy to help you.
Good luck


Answered 5 years ago

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