[ale] [OT] Hobbies and Market Research

[Wolf Halton]

5. How is this going to be viable against facebook, for individuals; and
ning for organizations - who is your target demographic?

Whose time will be spent finding messages of viable encouragement? not
everybody finds the same messages motivating.  I think this is the product
and the rest is "been there, done that."  Have people who sign uptell you
some basic facts about themselves and their worldview. Tailor the messages
to them.

Wolf Halton

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On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Taking the hobby discussion one more step out with a confession and a
> request.
>
> Confession: My real hobby is learning. Currently Chinese, Wing Chun,
> (re-learning) C, Coursera course in Startup Engineering, Git, Human
> Interactions for the Introvert, Javascript, Rock Climbing, basics of
> business, and Swimming.
>
> I am continuing my education in scuba (most fun you can have with your
> clothes on), PHP, Role-playing games, Bourne Shell scripting, Linux
> Security, and having a moderately successful marriage.
>
> Later this year I'm lining up for some more gun smithing (1911) and action
> pistol competition. May also go back to Italian and fiction writing.
> Probably not going back to banjo or guitar, but the temptation is there.
>
> Somewhere in there my natural inclinations to mentor and encourage come
> into play with a lot of things. Learning how to do that better is always a
> challenge.
>
> That's why I occasionally just curl up with a book and let my brain
> shutdown. The "Jack Reacher" books are my current favorites, although they
> tie into my own plans for fiction writing, shooting, and a few other things.
>
> One of these days I'll learn to not add more stuff to my plate. Doesn't
> look like today is that day, however.   :)
>
> So, here's the request. I mentioned that encouragement is a big motivator
> for me, and I'm in the Startup Engineering class. We're supposed to make a
> project that gets crowd funded. While the project can be a throw-away thing
> I'd rather do some market research and at least find a minimally viable
> idea. That's where your help becomes vital.
>
> Right now my idea is to create a program that sends you daily
> encouragement, a list of upcoming events for your contact list, and a short
> list of people you've not made contact with in a while. All of the
> technology is available; the challenge is to make it easy to use and
> worthwhile.
>
> Technical goals are simple; the app must be secure- we will not harvest
> contact information for ourselves or others. It must be simple to import
> contacts (Facebook, G+, Phone) and events without doing a lot of technical
> work or typing.
>
> So, here are the questions that come to mind:
>
> 1. Is this sort of thing something you would find useful enough to spend 1
> hour to get and set up, and 5-10 minutes a day using to contact people you
> haven't contacted in a while?
>
> 2. What features would you want/expect?
>
> 3. If there was an option for a more features, what would you want in
> exchange for $2-4 a month?
>
> 4. If you were a group; ALE, church, small business, what additional
> features would you want?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Leam
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