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Day 005 | Research, research, research

The start of this week has been about planning ahead, making a bit of a schedule, putting dates in the dairy and starting to try out some kind of routine. Over the next weeks I’ll be heads down doing research.

There are a number of areas that I need to get my head around. The first is around testing my ideas and getting a better overview of the current landscape out there for each of them. A more thorough understanding of direct and non-direct competitors, current and predicted market and user trends.

Each of my ideas stem from a problem that I have identified. For some the outcome of the competitor and market analysis is less critical with regards to whether the idea should be pursued or not. I know the problem is big enough so the outcome of the research will affect the ‘How’ but not so much the ‘If’. But for some of the other ideas the outcome is critical. Not the least as they are also the ideas that will require more resources and therefore some finance. And that is a whole new area to me with a large number of aspects to consider and get my head around.

But, first things first. It’s time to put the ideas to the test.

Tomorrow – Day 006 | Setting up

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