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Ask HN: How do you know what you're working on is worth working on?

8 points ideavo | 2 comments | 16 Dec 25 06:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

How do you know that the idea you want to work on or are working on is worth the time, energy and money? Not talking about side projects that you whipped up over the weekend, but medium term projects that you want to monetise, or even want to market to a medium to large audience (upwards of 100 daily/weekly users)

I see so many posts on reddit, people asking for validation. So I made a community-driven platform for it, I am attaching that link only: https://ideavo.tripivo.co.in

But my question remains, if you don't get any validation, why to take that risk of doing it?

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AnimalMuppet ◴[16 Dec 25 14:04 UTC] No.46288595[source]▶
As others have said, you don't know.

But start with you: Are you building it because you want to build it, or because you want it? Are you in love with it as a project, or as a product? Is it something you want to use?

Then, when you have it as a just-barely-usable thing, give it to a few people who have the same need. Get their feedback. Does it actually help them? If so, then you may have something.

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1. ideavo ◴[17 Dec 25 05:15 UTC] No.46298517[source]▶
I want to build it because I want it. In love with a building my own company, and I’ll actually use it. It’s something I want to work on, trying to get more and more users because it’s community driven.
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2. ideavo ◴[17 Dec 25 05:16 UTC] No.46298524[source]▶
So yeah, I do think it solves a great issue at hand. It solves mine atleast. But it’s community driven, it’s not possible to make it effective with 3-4 users, need at least 30-40 people.