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Ask HN: How do you know if an idea is worth running with?

2 points by alexbanks ↗ HN
I'm currently developing a SaaS product in my spare time. It's a tool that I want/I will use that doesn't seem to exist in the market already in any decent fashion. In my own bubble it seems like a great, potentially profitable idea, but I have no idea if that means it's worth trying to make into a real thing? Also, I don't even know how I'd make it a full blown SaaS product by myself.

If the right answer is to just read Hackers and Painters, I'll totally do that. I just can't tell if I'm clouded by my own bias.

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ninadmhatre
I am in the same phase, i have 1 idea which "I" think is good one but not sure if there is really need for that. So i am basically putting my efforts without keeping much expectations from it but giving my 100%. You have to try it to find out if its successful, idea may be great but implementation of it will decide the success. Keep on looking for inspirations, i came across site where they are selling tickets to marriages, i mean really? i visited the site and there were listing available.

So try it and find out yourself, worst case it wont be hit/successful but by that time you would have learned so many things.