It’s been a full on day today as I’ve continued my research and getting more specific on the different points that I’m looking at. It’s lovely to work on my own thing, but I’ve also had my first taste of how the excitement can be all the way up there and gone shortly thereafter.
When I picked ‘Excitement’ as my topic for today I was in a really good mood. Yesterday was great. It was brilliant to finally get my hands dirty and therefore I thought today was going to be an all positive post. But, as I’ve read from people who have done the startup thing, it’s a bit of a roller coaster and today I got my first ride. Small bump but nonetheless a bump.
Reason for the bump
The idea I’m currently exploring is one of those that is hanging on the outcome of the research. Something similar exists already. Now, I wouldn’t be spending any time on this idea if I didn’t think that my variation of it had something in it, but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s rather easy to start wondering what on earth I’m doing even exploring it.
I thought about the idea a while back. Late November I decided to do a quick check to see if anyone had don’t it. That’s when I tweeted this:
Am getting increasingly tired of getting ideas & finding out someone’s just done it. This one I’m gutted about.
— Anna Dahlström (@annadahlstrom) November 29, 2011
…and then this:
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— Anna Dahlström (@annadahlstrom) November 29, 2011
…and this:
Discussing whether it’s worth investing in something someone else is already doing with D. His response “Didn’t Facebook take over MySpace”
— Anna Dahlström (@annadahlstrom) November 29, 2011
D has a point. My idea is not the same as that which has already been done. It builds on a lot of the same principles but it’s slightly different and it’s broader. The questions is just if it’s different enough. Since I can’t get the idea out of my head I’ve decided that I’m going to explore this one first and whether it’ll go any further or not it’s a good one to start with.
Today’s research
I’ve mostly been focused on the competitors aspect today (hence why my excitement level dipped somewhat. It’s rather daunting) and below is a taste of the template slides that I’ve worked with and started filling in.
Tomorrow – Day 009 | Pros & cons
