Does StarterPack meet a need?
Hi Hackers!
I've built a basic MVP to validate my idea and I'd love your feedback!
The problem I'm trying to solve is that there's so much knowledge on a topic, but where to start? You almost need a guide to show you validated content on a topic, such as No Code or cryptocurrency, in a structured way to get you started, after that it's up to you.
My concept, StarterPack, addresses this by showing a list of topics. Select one and it shows you the fundamentals of it, then news to keep you up-to-date, then the subject's influencers/knowledgeable people in the space.
I'd love to know what you think!
The free MVP is here: https://getonthelist.bubbleapps.io/version-test
Thanks and have a great one 👍
I'd make sure you feel the current sample lists are the absolute best way to learn about those topics. It doesn't come off as there being a lot of effort put into those lists (no-code one only has two links, startup one is empty). I think it's going to be really hard to validate this idea without making the existing content as good as you possibly can, because at the end of the day the merit of this idea rests on the quality of those lists.
I'd think about improving the link descriptions or even having a short-form summary to explain why each link is the next one you should visit when learning about a topic. In my opinion it needs to be more than just a list of links to feel like this is something that helps me learn a topic. I can always search google for "What is crypto", "Crypto news", etc. So how can you give me something drastically better than Google search results?
Hey Gabe,
Thanks so much for the time you took to check it out and reply!!
You're 100% right, the quality of the content is the idea, so it probably isn't shown as well as it should be. I'm going to update No Code and Startups, add in a short-form description (as validation that someone, me, thought this was useful) and also put in the Order number of each item to show progression.
I'd thought of a way of turning this into a platform, where people with more knowledge than me on a topic could create their own 'content journeys/discoveries', filled with what they thought was useful. People could then search by journey or person - what do you think?
I think it has potential, but it's really hard to know until I'm able to experience going through a list and learning a topic. I'm guessing the challenge will be finding a list of resources that incrementally build on each-other's knowledge so users don't feel like they're reading the same info again and again.
With user generated content you generally need to do most of the work for months, if not years, before getting contributors who are capable of adding content at the same level of quality as yourself. So I'd let people signup and build lists, but expect to be the sole contributor for awhile. Best of luck!