How do you know if people need it?

Question

Startups

There is an idea for a startup, the implementation of which is already available to some people from a closed club. They use this service, and in fact they were the first to create and implement it in their work. The service helps them earn money and solves the lion's share of the problems determined by the specifics of the business. The whole essence of the platform is the transfer of business processes to the Internet. The service was written a long time ago and no matter how I tried to get through, because I understand how to do better - they don’t want to change / add / improve anything. Feedback was collected from people who use this service - a huge number of people would like to change a lot of things in it that are inconvenient to use or are already outdated. Also, these people ask to add some functionality that would help in the work. I've been trying to get through to the developers for a while, since I myself used this product - no reaction. And people are forced to use this service, because there really is no other alternative. In fact, this is the only, unique service of its kind. The market is very large and promising. Those who work in this market are beginning to actively move from the "ground" to the Internet, but do not know how to do it. And so, I decided to take a ready-made functioning model and create a product for a wide range of consumers. Create a standard. How to collect feedback from them? I know that this system definitely brings money, I understand how all business processes work. How to find these people and find out if they need a solution to their problems? The market is very large and promising. Those who work in this market are beginning to actively move from the "ground" to the Internet, but do not know how to do it. And so, I decided to take a ready-made functioning model and create a product for a wide range of consumers. Create a standard. How to collect feedback from them? I know that this system definitely brings money, I understand how all business processes work. How to find these people and find out if they need a solution to their problems? The market is very large and promising. Those who work in this market are beginning to actively move from the "ground" to the Internet, but do not know how to do it. And so, I decided to take a ready-made functioning model and create a product for a wide range of consumers. Create a standard. How to collect feedback from them? I know that this system definitely brings money, I understand how all business processes work. How to find these people and find out if they need a solution to their problems? I understand how all business processes work. How to find these people and find out if they need a solution to their problems? I understand how all business processes work. How to find these people and find out if they need a solution to their problems?

Answer 1

Very often, people who want change do not realize the cost. If you embody everything that users want, you will get a robot that can do everything and no one needs it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB0XwZpfEBo&index=... - this lecture (and others in this course) just tells how to plan and test it.

Answer 2

Если есть достаточно большая группа людей, в том числе и вы и разработчики даже видя вашу конкуренцию не будут шевелиться - то флаг вам в руки.
Вопрос только а хватит ли вам ресурсов чтобы довести до ума и можно ли эту идею вообще монетизировать.
Возможно разработчики нынешней версии потому и забили на нее что денег с этой штуки получить невозможно.

Answer 3

Вы вроде как сами ответили на свой вопрос, нет?

Answer 4

Рынок очень большой и перспективный.

прямо из любой книги про "как начать бизнес"
если вы ничего не путаете про величину рынка - что вас останавливает?

Answer 5

уже доступна для части людей из закрытого клуба

Весь бизнес-процесс заключается скорее всего в том, чтобы выдернуть людей из секты и создать новую конфессию ))
Так как работа \с "земли" в интернет\ то не виду ничего плохого, чтобы использовать модель "реселлерско-партнерской" логики. Т.е. вы создаете реселлерский кабинет, где ваши адепты будут вариться в вашем личном (клубе, секте…) пространстве.
Чтобы вы могли не только видеть и (учить/проповедовать), но и контролировать паству.
Как это сделать? Не сложнее чем пройти регистрацию. Например на 9im.ru вы регистрируетесь, активируете облачный сервер. Пишите тикет, чтобы на облаке вам поставили реселлерскую панель. И создаете своё сообщество.
Обратная связь ваших клиентов - только с вами, вы имеете доступ ко всем аккаунтам вашего реселлерского пространства.
Почему облачный ? Чтобы платить только за потребляемые ресурсы и гибко масштабировать ресурсы.
Ну а Храм (главный сайт) вы можете оформить в виде сообщества хотя бы на InstantCMS 2.x (мини-соцсеть)