Linking “Qualified” Business People with ideas with Hackers looking for products to build (targeting bootstrappers on both sides).
What do u guys think of the below idea? I have a fair idea of how distribution would work. Not a billion dollar idea given the market size but a problem I would find interesting to solve.
Problem: "Business" person has problem to solve but can't afford to build an MVP (and thus never follows thru). Business person has deep industry expertise and sales prospects lined up if product was already built.
Problem: "Hacker" can build product but is unsure of what deep-seated industry problem to solve and lacks expertise/contacts to market/distribute/sell the product solution.
Solution: Idea marketplace site where "Business" people post ideas. Business person's idea ranked by any amount they deposit ( $0, $5, $50, $500, $1000, etc.) via paypal. The higher deposit amounts are a rough proxy of "business" person's confidence he/she can execute if product existed. Platform keeps 5pct of deposit (making the deposit size an honest signal).
"Hackers" post their work history and portfolio (if possible) and click a button if they want to work on a posted idea. Hacker pays a $0.01 (1 penny) fee via PayPal (to add friction but at minimal cost) to serve as an honest signal of interest.
"Business" person can "turn off"/delete their idea post to get their deposit back (minus 5pct fee). Or he/she can pay their full deposit as a fee to see the full bios and contact info of all the "hackers" who indicated they wanted to work on the idea.
The main goal is to create a "honest signal" regarding the seriousness of a "businesses" person's confidence in their idea (and hackers interest level). The more confidences and knowledge you have a problem exists to be solved the higher the deposit you would be willing to put up.
Business people with more confidence of their success will be able to get more awareness of their ideas by depositing more.
Hackers can more easily see which business people are serious (and which are just testing the waters).
