"🤫 The Problem Everyone Ignores in Digital Compliance - My Quest to Solve It"
Hello Indie Hackers!
I'm taking my first public step into the AI and digital products world, and I couldn't think of a better community to start this journey with.
Here's what I can share right now:
🎯 The Space: Digital compliance & AI automation
🔥 The Problem: The invisible friction that costs companies time, money, and headaches
🚀 The Approach: Building an intelligent layer that... (let's just say it involves reimagining how systems talk to regulations)
Why I'm being coy about details?
Still in early validation phase
Want to protect the novel approach while gathering genuine feedback
Believe the journey matters as much as the destination
What I WILL share transparently:
My daily/weekly progress metrics
Technical and emotional challenges
Resources and tools I discover
Lessons learned (especially the painful ones)
Where I'd love your wisdom:
As someone new to this space, what's the one thing you wish you knew when you started?
How do you balance sharing publicly vs. protecting novel ideas?
For those in B2B/enterprise: What makes you pay attention to a new solution?
General survival tips for an indie hacker's first 90 days?
What you can expect from me:
Regular "building in public" updates
Honesty about what's working and what's definitely not
Willingness to support other newcomers once I learn something worth sharing
The mystery will gradually unravel as I progress. For now, I'm just excited to be here and learn from all of you.
*Curious about what I'm building? Ask me anything that won't require giving away the secret sauce! 😉
#buildinpublic #ai #digitalproducts #compliance
Welcome to the builder's journey! Compliance/RegTech is a fascinating space — lots of pain, lots of inertia.
On your questions:
What makes B2B/enterprise pay attention?
Honestly? Pain that’s costing them money RIGHT NOW. Compliance buyers respond to: (1) audit findings, (2) regulatory deadlines, (3) incidents that expose gaps. Your timing matters as much as your product. Find the trigger events.
Balancing sharing vs protecting:
The idea is rarely the moat — execution is. That said, for novel approaches, share the PROBLEM loudly, the SOLUTION vaguely. “We’re reimagining how systems talk to regulations” is fine. Don’t share the “how” until you’ve built defensibility.
First 90 days survival:
Talk to 20+ potential customers before writing code. Not “would you use this?” (they’ll say yes to be nice), but “tell me about the last time compliance caused you pain.” The stories reveal the real problem.
One thing I’d offer:
I’ve been doing AI-generated customer discovery briefs for pre-PMF founders — basically research on where your customers hang out, what language they use, and specific places to engage. For compliance/RegTech, I could put together a sample brief showing where compliance officers, GRC teams, and RegTech buyers actually talk online. Might help with that early validation phase. DM if interested.
This is incredibly valuable - thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed and actionable response!
Your point about "trigger events" vs. general pain points is particularly insightful. It shifts the focus from "solving compliance" to "solving compliance crises" - a much sharper positioning.
On the customer discovery approach: You're right about moving beyond "would you use this?" to uncovering real stories. I'm in that phase now, mapping the gap between perceived needs and actual operational fires.
Regarding the AI-generated briefs offer - I appreciate that. Let me get through my first 20 conversations manually to build my own intuition, then I'd be curious to compare notes with an AI-assisted approach. Will keep this in mind as I progress.
Thanks again for the warm welcome and substantive advice. This is exactly the kind of community engagement I was hoping for when I started building in public.