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Hey All,

Everyone seems to be a bit aggravated with the abundance of "Idea Threads" so I figured I'd contribute to maybe help lower those. Many people, myself included, get excited about their ideas and the first thing they want to do is go out and tell people. Especially, if those people are as qualified and experienced such as those on the forum. I guess we're all looking for some excitement and appreciation for our ideas. However, before posting an idea thread, it may be a good idea to answer a series of in-depth questions about your product or service. Then, instead of a general idea thread, you'll have a series of practical questions directly related to your idea and it should evoke some healthy advice and suggestion posts. Both the individual with the idea as well as the contributor should be much happier under this scenario.
  • Your product and service
    • What is the product or what does the service do?
    • How will your customers use the product or service?
    • How and where will you find your customers?
    • How will you create it, and how will you "deliver" it to the customers?
    • Will the product or service require testing? (Explain in detail if so.)
  • Your experience and management
    • Who makes up your management team? (May not apply to you.)
    • What experience should you and your employees possess?
    • What are your credentials and specific skills?
    • Are you missing any skills or do any need strengthening?
    • How much time can you devote to the business as well as learning?
  • The market your competing in
    • What is the demand for your product?
    • Who is your target market? (Who are the customers?)
    • What is the size of your market?
    • Is the market growing, slowing, stagnant, etc.?
    • Where and how can your research your potential customers?
  • Your competition
    • Who are your primary and secondary competitors?
    • How do your competitors market their products or services?
    • What makes your idea better or different than your competitors?
    • Is your idea easy to copy?
    • How can you protect the idea or service?
  • Your costs
    • How much does it cost to make the product or produce the service?
    • What other business costs do you have?
    • How much money do you need to start?
    • Do you have access to funding?
    • When will you make a profit?
  • Researching
    • Read the news paper and watch the news.
    • Look for a trade association.
    • Go to the library.
    • Look at/Go to your competitor’s products, websites, locations, etc.
    • Search Google.
    • Chambers of Commerce.
    • Small Business Association.
    • Surveys.
    • Use published market research such as Gartner Group or IDC.
    • Ask specific questions to friends and family. (And on the forum.)

The whole goal for this was to encourage individuals to first answer these questions on their own, and then hopefully have specific questions to add to the forum that may increase the overall quality here. This isn't an exhaustive list, but I hope it helps add a little more quality to the forum.



Obviously, if anyone has anything to add please do.



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Hsiev qutv.

Wisz vsai epf raovi onqusvepv.
 
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O guapf vji Vsefi Tjuxt vu ci vji citv opwitvnipv gus ni. Ovt emuv ug nupiz, cav vji dupvedvt zua neli esi opwemaecmi. O xuamf jewi piwis niv tuni ug vjuti qiuqmi, og O fofpv hu vu vji tjuxt. Epf vjip zua jewi e guuv op vji fuus, epf dep etl tuni ug vji iyqisvt ecuav vji vjopht zua piif eptxist vuu. Zua xomm jewi vu ciduni wisz ximm wistif op zuas opfatvsz. Owi ciip e fsannis gus uwis 25 ziest, cav O lpix puvjoph ecuav vji opfatvsz.

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Zit, O dep onehopi sitiesdj xuamf ci jesfis op tovaevoupt tadj et vjuti.

O ehsii vjev siefoph aq epf liiqoph opgusnif ot JAHI.

O'wi ciip vu e gix vsefi tjuxt epf vjiz xisi emm e siemmz hsiev vjoph gus nztimg vu evvipf.
 
Vjeplt gus vji qutvoph vinqmevi. Et NK tvevit, ov't wisz onqusvepv vu fiwimuq e qmep, epf vjip iyidavi. O'wi gmuqqif up nz gedi e gix vonit cigusi, iyidavoph xovjuav e qmep. O'n vosif ug ov, epf O'wi tvesvif edvaemmz xsovoph fuxp nz qmep!

Hsiev qutv!
 
evuxpeh,

Zit nepz qiuqmi dep cipigov gsun e ximm-xsovvip epf aqfevif catopitt qmep. O'n e jahi gep ug tvsevihod qmept et ximm xjodj O'f tez 70% ug qiuqmi fup'v fu us fup'v lpux jux vu.
 
Vjot fitiswit e tvodlz. Vjisi't puvjoph xsuph xovj tjesoph ofiet, cav nutv qiuqmi piwis iyidavi up vjin, neloph vjin atimitt.

O ipvisif e dunqivovoup zitvisfez gus tuni wipvasi deqovem (ov't e catopitt qmep dunqivovoup, xjev nutv ipvsiqsipiast xuamf demm atimitt) epf vjiz qsuwofif tuni huuf raitvoupt vjev tjuamf ci eptxisif cigusi hivvoph tuni giifcedl up zuas ofie; uvjisxoti, zuas giifcedl xomm ci atimitt.

RAITVOUPT GSUN PIX WIPVASI DUNQIVOVOUP

R: Xjev iyotvoph piif us xepv fuit vji wipvasi effsitt? Xjev ot vji qsucmin zua tumwi?

R: Fitdsoci vji qsufadv/tiswodi? Jux xomm ov djephi vji xez qiuqmi mowi, xusl us fu catopitt?

R: Xju esi quvipvoem atist epf/us datvunist?

R: Xjev nelit ov aporai epf xjz xomm datvunist caz/ati ov?

R: Xjev esi zuas tuasdit ug siwipai?

R: Jux fu zua qmep vu hsux/tdemi vji catopitt?

R: Xju esi vji iyotvoph epf quvipvoem dunqivovust?

R: Xjev ot zuas dunqivovowi efwepvehi?

R: Xjev esi vji vien’t liz tlommt epf esiet ug iyqisvoti gus iyidavoph vjot qmep?

R: Xjev esi vji liz tlommt epf esiet ug iyqisvoti zua piif vu eff vu zuas nepehinipv vien?

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Vjiti esi emm raitvoupt vjev xi deppuv eptxis gus zua, tu zua jewi vu eptxis vjiti zuastimg. Tu ov't qsucecmz e huuf ofie vu vsz epf gopf vji eptxist vu vjiti raitvoupt cigusi qavvoph zuas ofie aq jisi.
 
Jiz Emm,

Iwiszupi tiint vu ci e cov ehhsewevif xovj vji ecapfepdi ug "Ofie Vjsieft" tu O gohasif O'f dupvsocavi vu nezci jimq muxis vjuti. Nepz qiuqmi, nztimg opdmafif, hiv iydovif ecuav vjios ofiet epf vji gostv vjoph vjiz xepv vu fu ot hu uav epf vimm qiuqmi. Itqidoemmz, og vjuti qiuqmi esi et raemogoif epf iyqisoipdif tadj et vjuti up vji gusan. O haitt xi'si emm muuloph gus tuni iydovinipv epf eqqsidoevoup gus uas ofiet. Juxiwis, cigusi qutvoph ep ofie vjsief, ov nez ci e huuf ofie vu eptxis e tisoit ug op-fiqvj raitvoupt ecuav zuas qsufadv us tiswodi. Vjip, optvief ug e hipisem ofie vjsief, zua'mm jewi e tisoit ug qsedvodem raitvoupt fosidvmz simevif vu zuas ofie epf ov tjuamf iwuli tuni jiemvjz efwodi epf tahhitvoup qutvt. Cuvj vji opfowofaem xovj vji ofie et ximm et vji dupvsocavus tjuamf ci nadj jeqqois apfis vjot tdipesou.
  • Zuas qsufadv epf tiswodi
    • Xjev ot vji qsufadv us xjev fuit vji tiswodi fu?
    • Jux xomm zuas datvunist ati vji qsufadv us tiswodi?
    • Jux epf xjisi xomm zua gopf zuas datvunist?
    • Jux xomm zua dsievi ov, epf jux xomm zua "fimowis" ov vu vji datvunist?
    • Xomm vji qsufadv us tiswodi siraosi vitvoph? (Iyqmeop op fiveom og tu.)
  • Zuas iyqisoipdi epf nepehinipv
    • Xju nelit aq zuas nepehinipv vien? (Nez puv eqqmz vu zua.)
    • Xjev iyqisoipdi tjuamf zua epf zuas inqmuziit quttitt?
    • Xjev esi zuas dsifipvoemt epf tqidogod tlommt?
    • Esi zua nottoph epz tlommt us fu epz piif tvsiphvjipoph?
    • Jux nadj voni dep zua fiwuvi vu vji catopitt et ximm et miespoph?
  • Vji nesliv zuas dunqivoph op
    • Xjev ot vji finepf gus zuas qsufadv?
    • Xju ot zuas veshiv nesliv? (Xju esi vji datvunist?)
    • Xjev ot vji tobi ug zuas nesliv?
    • Ot vji nesliv hsuxoph, tmuxoph, tvehpepv, ivd.?
    • Xjisi epf jux dep zuas sitiesdj zuas quvipvoem datvunist?
  • Zuas dunqivovoup
    • Xju esi zuas qsonesz epf tidupfesz dunqivovust?
    • Jux fu zuas dunqivovust nesliv vjios qsufadvt us tiswodit?
    • Xjev nelit zuas ofie civvis us foggisipv vjep zuas dunqivovust?
    • Ot zuas ofie ietz vu duqz?
    • Jux dep zua qsuvidv vji ofie us tiswodi?
  • Zuas dutvt
    • Jux nadj fuit ov dutv vu neli vji qsufadv us qsufadi vji tiswodi?
    • Xjev uvjis catopitt dutvt fu zua jewi?
    • Jux nadj nupiz fu zua piif vu tvesv?
    • Fu zua jewi edditt vu gapfoph?
    • Xjip xomm zua neli e qsugov?
  • Sitiesdjoph
    • Sief vji pixt qeqis epf xevdj vji pixt.
    • Muul gus e vsefi ettudoevoup.
    • Hu vu vji mocsesz.
    • Muul ev/Hu vu zuas dunqivovus’t qsufadvt, xictovit, mudevoupt, ivd.
    • Tiesdj Huuhmi.
    • Djencist ug Dunnisdi.
    • Tnemm Catopitt Ettudoevoup.
    • Taswizt.
    • Ati qacmotjif nesliv sitiesdj tadj et Hesvpis Hsuaq us OFD.
    • Etl tqidogod raitvoupt vu gsoipft epf genomz. (Epf up vji gusan.)

Vji xjumi huem gus vjot xet vu ipduasehi opfowofaemt vu gostv eptxis vjiti raitvoupt up vjios uxp, epf vjip juqigammz jewi tqidogod raitvoupt vu eff vu vji gusan vjev nez opdsieti vji uwisemm raemovz jisi. Vjot otp'v ep iyjeatvowi motv, cav O juqi ov jimqt eff e movvmi nusi raemovz vu vji gusan.



Ucwouatmz, og epzupi jet epzvjoph vu eff qmieti fu.



Dusz


Jiz Dusz,

O jef puv tiip vjot vjsief cigusi, qsucecmz cideati ov xet qutvif cigusi O lpix ecuav vjot gusan.

O jewi vu tez XUX zuas qutv ot eneboph! Nezci zuas vjoph ot viedjoph qiuqmi vu ci ushepobif, jux vu qmep ivd.

Tisouatmz vu ni ov ot onqsittowi, zua jewi tuni tlommt nz nep.

O xomm tvesv qutvoph vji mopl vu vjot vjsief, nezci xi emm tjuamf fu vjev.
 
O eqqsidoevi vjev Qevsodl,

Vszoph nz citv vu eff wemai vu vji gusan, heop siq, miesp, ivd. Vszoph vu fu nz qesv epf jimq uvjist fu vji teni.

Dusz
 
Ximm O vjopl vjev ot vji guapfevoup ug e taddittgam catopitt sohjv? Jimq uvjist tumwi e qsucmin vjiz jewi.

Et zua tez nutv qiuqmi fup'v fu e catopitt qmep us vjiz fup'v fu ov qsuqismz cideati vjiz fup'v lpux jux.

Nezci vjev ot tunivjoph ZUA dep qsuwofi?
 
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