Show HN: Nugget – We email you a new startup opportunity every day
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The community aspect sounds interesting too because if you've had a handful of stinkers in your portfolio (and who hasn't?) then you might not trust your own judgment much anymore. Assuming the community is well-moderated and "judgement/asshole free" there could be some MASSIVE strides made by devs who need help in this department.
We're also thinking of adding a podcast to the mix to since we're both podcasters.
Anyway, thanks for the comment :)
Will your podcast be the common "two-dudes" format or are you planning to deviate from that somehow in order to stand out? ;)
Also, domain knowledge goes a long way and I feel like I'm unlikely to have domain knowledge in the areas of a lot of the nuggets.
Incidentally there are a crop of technical authors that are the same way. They will write books on whatever is hot and sometimes they had never even used the technology before starting the process. And some of them are very successful. It's just not for me.
We source problems people have expressed a desire to pay to solve then we analyze them (ie research customers, basic validation, etc.).
Then we email the promising finds to our list and also community.
Just starting out so it would be great to get your feedback not matter what it may be.
Many thanks!
Apologies for being a bit blunt here. If I am a founder looking to startup, why would I pay a $97 monthly fee once I can find an idea that is intresting ?
I have been part of paid community like dnforum , seo communities, but they rarely provide a continuous stream of benefits or use beyond the first couple of months. Furthermore, the only reason for me being a part of such communities was that they showed immediate benefit. For an example, with Dnforum I got access to selling forum which was not available without the paid membership.
The community isn't like other forums it is a 100% focused on helping entrepreneurs break through current blockers to achieve their next entrepreneurial goal.
I've personally built and sold a bootstrapped product from the ground up. Along with the opportunities we source, I, Ken and other community members, will act like an ongoing mastermind group.
Also note, the dynamic and engagement is quite different if people are paying for something as they tend to see more value in it.
Regarding gifs, on your 404 page there is another gif, with copyrighted material, and even a Netflix logo visible, I doubt you have the permission to use this in a commercial way.
Let's hope this will be different.
We source all our opportunities from real people who've told us about a specific pain point they would pay to have solved.
This then acts as a pointer for us to explore further. Then we do a little more research and analysis about the problem space. If we think it's worthwhile, then we send it out.
To give you an example, to date we've gone through over 70 opportunities and of those we feel only 17 are good enough to send to customers.
Which is better than most saas aps SLAs ;)
I had the exact same problem with sparrk.co. They tried to provide me with a Paypal payment link, but that didn't allow me to use it as they needed this debit payment thing.