What's the first thing you do when working on a new idea?

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Call your trusted friends and explain your idea, they will tell you how many of the products with same idea already exists. Then iterate and disrupt your idea and start working on it. That's how https://deepfeed.net born :)

I write it down, google if there are already similar ideas and then brainstorm what subtopics come to my mind when I think about that idea🤓

1) I start by freely writing down my thoughts about the problem I am trying to solve, then I start a process of learning about the problem field (books, articles, interviews, podcasts...) as much as possible and generate more ideas in the meantime. 2) After the two steps above, I define v1 of my resolution to the problem and go looking for ideas, people, arguments, etc to refute my resolution or add new perspectives. I do process 2 a few times (the amount depends on the size/complexity of the problem I'm working on). And parallel to these processes I am continuously asking myself "how can I simplify this?" and if it is a new product I also ask myself "what benefits can I add to this without making it complex?". I like to ask these questions because I think it's very easy to make things complex and get lost on the way forward.

I have a Trello board that I use as an idea "dump". Whether it's related to some photos I want to take, some app I'd like to build or some topic I'd like to research, I just add them there. I add some labels for sorting purposes and some rough notes. This helps me because: 1. If it's something good, I'll keep thinking about it and I'll definitely revisit it, add some more thoughts until I consider it to be "refined" - a state which can lead to something deliverable. If time allows it, I will even start working on it or at least plan it if I still feel like it's worth doing later. 2. If it's just meh, I don't bother. Some ideas are good just in theory. But having them all written up somewhere is really helpful. I'll usually revisit the board and I'll get a burst of inspiration.

Google the problem you want to solve and find out how people are solving it now. It will take you to articles, Quora, Product Hunt, Reddit, IndieHackers, etc. Join the discussion. Create a simple landing page, connect to Typeform or Airtable and ask people to join the waiting list. Spend a few dollars on GAW and test the copy, flow and conversion. Offer these subscribers a small gift for a 10 minute conversation.

Make sure to make it complicated and make list of every cool features to add then stop working on it.

Keyword research around the industry to see what the competition is like.

You need to analize market and all members

sketch something up