Preface: mid 20s started career recently, not many connections in the startup world, minimal coding experience.
Want to build app for startup, B2C. Semi complicated, lots of APIs and potentially google lens.
Plan A: learn no code through free boot camp, build mvp myself, roll out to potential customers and reiterate.
Plan B: build form, ask target customers if they would use this app, use results of survey for investments from friends, family etc.
“Semi-complicated, lots of APIs and potentially google lens”.
You’re thinking of the product instead of the problem. You need to think of the viability of the business first and foremost, and it doesn’t matter how ma y bells and whistles to have if the problem doesn’t matter. Build less, listen more. Be a product manager in discovery mode.
What is the problem you’re solving? How are people currently solving that problem? Why?
I think of the two options, B is the clear answer. But it can’t just be a form. You need to be IN it. Facebook communities. Reddit communities. Interact with people who are exploring the problem and maybe be a part of the engaged communities around that problem first.
Thank you for this, I’d assumed that since we experienced the problem everyone did - I need to do more research
Why not do both? Here, read this and you might be able to find the answers that you need. https://www.cuppa.so/post/turning-your-big-idea-into-a-reality