Every idea is taken? Challenge accepted!

Every idea is taken is a profoundly wrong statement. Especially in software.

Every software idea is a mix of 1000s different "ideas" (i.e. features).

Depending on how well you understand the market/etc, you could mix those features if 100s of different ways and create something novel/more useful.

Using these 2 facts alone, you cannot say that every idea is "taken", especially in software.

Who cares if an idea is taken? The execution is what matters. Rock music has been done a million different ways - but there are still people creating rock music today. Imagine if they'd stop because ACDC and Pink Floyd already exists. There'd be no one making new, good music, and instead we'd be stuck with the classics.

If an idea works, then there's room for innovation and for that idea to be further improved. Just because someone succeeded before doesn't mean that they will maintain their product, and often that's a key window for new players to make an entry into the market with a similar, but better, idea.

Okay, challenge accepted :)

✅No audience

Assuming you started with zero followers when you tweeted this. You now have nearly 2100 followers, so that is impressive. I'm guessing you didn't start with zero followers though.

I don't think you can just think up and idea you have to discover it.

I think a big reason for this is lack of area specific knowledge. Sure all the oblivious ideas like social media for this and that or a delivery service with this particular focus are taken. But if you drive into a niche area or a (new) ecosystem you can find many. This takes time and effort. And properly too much time (years?) for most people.

Congratulations on your journey. Our startup went through a very similar journey - a mix of word of mouth, high-quality customer support, and marketing really helped drive leads. I also agree that once you are past a certain MRR threshold ($10k in your case), there's more room for testing and experimenting, so you start growing faster. Insightful video, enjoyed the editing as well. Best of luck in the future!

I Join the challenge with a new account here and on twitter.
https://twitter.com/PublicSaas/status/1549756714102263809

For the last 10 years, running a successful startup is not about the baseline idea. It's a lot more about identifying the problems with existing solutions and finding answers to these pain points. Zoom isn't fundamentally different from Skype, Slack is essentially another collaboration tool (done way better than the alternatives), Trello is just a task board (yet it's so clean and simple that it works), Notion is basically a mix of Google Docs and Evernote. Blowing up as a startup is really not in finding a unique idea but in creating a product people will fall in love with.

Nice! Thanks for taking this on! I saw this posted on IH the other day and I was like whattt?

I mean there are a lot of ideas out there that are taken, but mannnny more than can be improved or combined or marketed better.

Also, I think we all need this as a reminder on here: Being a successful indie hacker is really hard. Ideas are just the start.

Want to do the same, but have no community yet. keep it up and make it true 💪🏼.

Yeah that thread from a couple of days ago was a horrible take. Nothing comes easy, ever

I'd say every idea has been thought about, but not every idea has been tried. I like how Buddha puts it,

"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea."

Good for you !
Many people think only unique ideas are worth to try. Is that true?

I join the challenge.