Making a Side Project, Part 2: Idea Validation
Is this a good idea?
Have you read Part 1 of the Making a Side Project series?
I took a slightly different approach to idea validation, than I normally take. Letting users help you decide is often the best approach, even though not it’s not always possible.
139 votes later, and the Twitter poll declared the winner to be “Track Startup Expenses”, don’t worry we won’t be calling it that for long. The poll was idea validation all by itself, not something I normally do. Fortunately this was the idea I was leaning towards doing, so how would I normally validate my ideas.
I have a couple of different ways to assess if I should build a project, which is determined by my reason for building the project, below you’ll find my criteria when I’m building something not just for fun, or to learn a new tool or technique.
Would I use this?
An unusual criteria for most people, but something that I think is vital for side projects. By their very nature the time you have to work on an…
