Is that the same as this ?

I know what you mean. We're building in the space of analytics which has something like 5700 companies so I found myself asking this question a lot before I quit Microsoft.

First of all, if you can't convince yourself it's different, it's probably not different enough. :)

If you can though, than give it a go! You'll learn a ton. Here's how I'd go about it.

Put simply there are three ways to build:

1. Have an idea about the world
2. Solve your own problem
3. Solve a pre-existing audience's problem

It sounds like this one is #1 which is dangerous because you're effectively hoping your understanding of the world is correct. You're hoping:

1. There are people that find this important.
2. People understand your solution and like it.
3. You know how to get a hold of those people.

So what to do? Build something and give yourself 1 day or 1 week max to do it. If you can't think of a way to build it in a day or a week don't do it. But I'm sure you can think of something. Worst case scenario build a landing page in a day!

Once you do, go and reach out to 100 people one by one. You'll have to learn how to accentuate your differentiator or they won't even respond.

Good luck!

If you are interested in more on this topic check this out.

Stripe launched almost 13 years after Paypal. Today, people prefer Stripe over Paypal simply because it is a better product.

If you are a product person and haven't done a lot of marketing, copying an idea and making it better is welcome because you are playing to your strengths. You only have to reach out to people already in the market and promote your product as a better alternative.

Building something unique can be gratifying, but finding customers is hard. You don't know who to reach out to, and how to get them to pay for this.

All the companies you mention have competitors. That tells you it's ok. It's often recommended to find a niche part of the market and focus on that.

Sometimes it feels like copying other peoples products, like copying the same thing others do, like stealing ideas. But sometimes I think that It can be just another option in the market and that is not a bad thing. It's just competition.

Much, much better to copy an idea that you already know works than to go out of your way to be innovative for a market you don't even know definitely exists.

Your product will evolve differently than your competitors' over time anyway, assuming you're not just copying blindly.

So, im validating my idea.

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Definitely not. People get caught up with this in the software space but 99% of non software companies do the same thing as each other.

No competition leads to monopolies, my product competes directly against Trello for example.