
Hey guys,
Here a brief on my new side project called Hustlejet, after 5 days of landing page sharing and customer developmet.
http://hustlejet.io
📊 Some stats
🤔I like the idea and the market, but no positive gut feeling
However, even if feedback are 95% positive and a few early adopters are enthusiastic, I have not discovered that killer need or pain point that would make people say “Build it and take my money, now!“. I think that this is the trigger that I’m looking for that would stimulate my gut feeling till the point I decide to build it and launch it. So I guess I’m simply not there yet.
🐎 My 2 potential next moves
Launch the Beta on Product Hunt. If from Betalist I got almost 75% of the traffic and I estimate 35 beta subscriptions… based on my past experiences on Product Hunt I’ll expect to get at least 100 beta subscriptions). That means a lot of people and cool conversations.
Pivoting Hustlejet to another pain point before launching the beta on Product Hunt (see below some ideas based on customer development and my personal pain points)
🌀PIVOTING 1
Lack of social accountability in current CRMs solution → Hustlejet with social board where you stay motivated by sharing wins/results and sales tasks you’ve done with other salespeople. Essentially Makerlog for Salespeople + simple CRM solution.
🌀PIVOTING 2
Leads qualification takes time → AI-Based leads qualifier that can run on a list of leads or on a lead's website, that simply tell if the lead is “in target”, so you can maximise the chance to convert leads into customers by reaching out only “great” leads.
What would you do?
M
Maybe trying to convert them into paying customers or see who would pay for something like this?
I tried to validate the price during customer dev interviews, unfortunately is far from my pricing point. So even if they want to pay something, that amount is not what I'd like to charge!
I understand but you do have to monetize at a certain point to cover your expenses and use that profit to reinvest back into your software
That is for sure!
@matteomosca thank you so much for sharing this. I also been meaning to learn how to validate an idea properly so this is perfect. I'm also a maker in the extension space so if you need anything let me know!
Great, shoot me an email at m.mosca2@gmail.com we can talk about it
@matteomosca This is interesting. I have been working with side projects in similar situations and I can help you with this if you want. More @ https://www.tractionmate.com
Thanks shashank!