Ok, so I’ve mentioned that I am interested in starting my own software startup. So far, no progress has been made. So here is what shall be done. Here is an outline of things that need to be done, and here is what I plan to do about it:
I imagine this will be a 3-stage process to developing an “idea”
STAGE1: brainstorm… what do people on a regular basis that would benefit from having a well-designed product? Examples would be calendar programs, note applications, etc… basically throw it all out on the table and see what we come up with
STAGE2: take the promising ideas and research what software is already out there. It doesn’t matter if there is competition or not, if we have an idea that will stand on it’s own with no competitors, so be it, if we are pursuing an existing idea, what is out there, and how can we make it better?
STAGE3: this stage should maybe go first, but it does rely partially on identifying what kind of software to pursue. In this stage, we profile the average Mac user, and define a sub-class of users who would use our product. From here we can determine what the priorities are, and design our product with that in mind.
From this point on, I’m in Stage 1… time to begin brainstorming.
-Tom