Ask HN: How do you know which startup concept to develop?

3 points by UnoriginalGuy 14y ago ↗ HN

Ideas for startups are a dime a dozen; what really matters is trying one out and seeing how it does. But given a large number of reasonable ideas - how do you know which one to develop?

If you yourself started a company how did YOU know it was "the one?" And how did you quash your doubts?

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redspark 14y ago ↗

Basics of Lean Startup. Go through the loop until you find product/market fit. At that point you should be able to develop the product with customers waiting for your launch.

acoyfellow 14y ago ↗

I agree with this. I feel much less "confused" after reading The Lean Startup, and start embracing the mentality.

johnmurch 14y ago ↗

You can try and fake a MVP and test it like Buffer - http://blog.bufferapp.com/idea-to-paying-customers-in-7-week... and look at spending on landing page/traffic allowing you to test multiple ideas at the same time and see which one sticks.