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    Most efficient way of doing Initial market research for new business ideas?

    Thanks Tom. Your final bit about a business mentor is exactly what I have been in need of for a long time now. In fact I was going to post a question to the forum (or find an existing thread) about what resources there are available to get online support from other entrepreneurs or experts in...
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    Most efficient way of doing Initial market research for new business ideas?

    Thank you for your very detailed answer. Much appreciated.
  3. Alan Stride

    Most efficient way of doing Initial market research for new business ideas?

    Great stuff thanks for your advice!
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    Most efficient way of doing Initial market research for new business ideas?

    As mentioned I spend the majority of my initial market research effort on Google. I think the key thing I'm trying to get across in my question is initial market research. As in do you speak with friends and family first, create a landing page, spend hours on Google? Tell me about your...
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    Most efficient way of doing Initial market research for new business ideas?

    No I don't
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    Most efficient way of doing Initial market research for new business ideas?

    Thanks for the idea. so is this how you would approach initial market research if you had any idea? or would you not engage in some google searching first?
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    Most efficient way of doing Initial market research for new business ideas?

    Hello, I have a lot of new business ideas, usually at least one a week, which is great but it also means I spend a lot of time researching the various markets in order to do some initial market research. I can spend weeks researching just one idea before realising it is not viable and I feel I...
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    MVP - Legal considerations of offering deals for a service that does not exist yet

    I appreciate without actually knowing what I am looking to do, you can only speak generally, but that's all I'm after at the moment so thanks for the advice Whilst I agree that, for what I'm looking to offer, right now might not be the best time to launch, however I am solely focused on...
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    MVP - Legal considerations of offering deals for a service that does not exist yet

    You're thinking too much into it, get your landing page up and get it in front of the early adopters. Done this for many ideas. The ones that are interested will sign up. There was a startup that did this, but went so far as to let users actually pay to the point where they had 30k in under a...
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    MVP - Legal considerations of offering deals for a service that does not exist yet

    Sure. Generally speaking then, what's as close to paying for a product or service as possible, without actually doing so, and not as vague as simply 'Yes, I would pay for it if it existed'. I completely understand that any indication of intent to pay would not guarantee the success of a business...
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    MVP - Legal considerations of offering deals for a service that does not exist yet

    That's sort of the idea yes, although I would say that the landing page intends to show intent to pay for the service, rather than just show interest. I have already gathered feedback from initial survey responses and face to face interviews regarding interest for the idea but I want to now take...
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    MVP - Legal considerations of offering deals for a service that does not exist yet

    Happy to call it pre-launch Marketing if that's a better description of the activity. Have you got any thoughts based on the issue/question I outlined? Thanks.
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    MVP - Legal considerations of offering deals for a service that does not exist yet

    I am in the process of creating a landing page for my business idea and it will serve as my first minimum viable product, in order to test demand. I have a few ideas for how I can create an indication of intent to purchase and incorporate it in to a call to action on the landing page but It...
  14. Alan Stride

    How can entrepreneurs collaborate with university students on a creative project?

    Two questions about this If I may: 1 - Did your daughter work with the business as part of her uni course or were the students encouraged to seek out collaboration opportunities on their own initiative? 2 - Was she paid for the work she did? Thanks
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    How can entrepreneurs collaborate with university students on a creative project?

    To add some context. As an example, If I need a freelancer in digital marketing or a graphic designer, I would usually go to somewhere like People Per Hour or Fiverr for a professional. However, what If I preferred to work with an eager, talented undergraduate/post graduate student who could do...
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