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Ask HN: Would you pay to have your ideas validated by your customers early on?

16 points by kunalspunjabi ↗ HN
We are a small team of engineers and product managers from the San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco).

We all know that > 90% of startups fail, but we are set out on a mission to help reduce that number. Founders / Entrepreneurs / Product Managers / Idea People of Hacker News - we seek your input to help make that vision a reality!

The problem: Currently, there are several sites out there that allow you to: 1. test your designs and wireframes, or 2. build / test a prototype of your product

But, there is no way to test / validate your idea without either: 1. Creating a wireframe / design / mockup, or 2. Creating a "Minimum viable product" or prototype

What if you could validate your idea (with the right audience - your potential customers), right after you come up with the idea, without having to do either of the 2? And without needing to FIND the right audience, your potential customers?

That's the problem we're hoping to solve.

Please help us out by filling out this quick poll: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12hMuGEs24-jwauw1FzSXAkOdLhCNcUss3mJd3uHIvbE/viewform

You can see a live summary of all responses here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12hMuGEs24-jwauw1FzSXAkOdLhCNcUss3mJd3uHIvbE/viewanalytics

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rishuarora
Nice! What's your timeline like? We want to get our next game idea reviewed before we build the MVP.
[dead] kunalspunjabi
@rishuarora: Our website is being developed, but we will be launching soon. We will be giving a select group of 100 people early access to our platform (and free credits to have their ideas reviewed and validated - for free) when we launch.

We are currently accepting signups for our limited beta program. The first 100 signups will be able to participate in the program, the rest will go on the waitlist and will require an invite.

To sign up for our beta, go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HZJK2Zye5JKF23EBIZ0mxknn7Z2...

[dead] taclu1
Nice idea. Sounds legit! Wish it existed before i failed on my product idea.
[dead] designforpeople
what kind of ideas would you allow validating? Also, can you upload an image if it's difficult to explain something in words?
[dead] kunalspunjabi
@designforpeople: Any idea that you can think of. The goal being that we save you the time and money of having to: 1. Creating a wireframe / design / mockup, or 2. Creating a "Minimum viable product" or prototype

Yes, you should be able to upload files, though we don't intend to become another "usability" testing service. We are focused on the "idea on the back of a napkin" problem.

[dead] vinayhasija
What's going to be the turnaround time for getting a report?
[dead] kunalspunjabi
@vinayhasija - great question! Depends a lot on how specific your demographic targeting / target audience is. The harder the audience is to reach, the longer it will take. That said, you can expect a short turnaround time, within a few hours in most cases.

To sign up for our beta, please go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HZJK2Zye5JKF23EBIZ0mxknn7Z2...

The first 100 signups will be able to participate in the program, the rest will go on the waitlist and will require an invite.

minimaxir
Don't use blatant sockpuppet accounts to comment and upvote your submission.
kunalspunjabi
@minimaxir Oh shucks, you gave away our secret sauce!

On a more serious note, we will ensure that the demographic targeting is 100% legitimate, from real people.

minimaxir
Sockpuppeting is not "secret sauce", it's spam.
kunalspunjabi
@minimaxir: Not sure where you got the idea that we will do anything like that. We're building a legitimate service to help people validate their ideas, not build a trojan horse to piss off users.

With our service, we'll be able to help you save time and money, and help you ascertain whether your idea is worth pursuing.

[dead] worldsucks
What industries are you targeting? Would like to hearmore details.
aaronbrethorst 

    Would you pay to have your ideas validated
    by your customers early on?
I think you have the whole idea of customer validation exactly backwards.

Also, quit it with the comment spam. Flagged.