Comment by jt2190
6 years ago
> I'm working on an app where the main value is that it calculates actionable numeric values that users typically calculate in spreadsheets.
Even this sentence is a perfect tool for validating the market: I have no idea if the product is for me! ;-)
(I get that you may be keeping your product’s specifics vague here, but by doing so you’ve provided a contrived example of how a simple description of the product itself can help find information about the target market. I have no idea if I’m in your target market, for example, so if I’m supposed to be, that’s a problem.)
See point 2 above.
You probably are my target market--it's a pretty broad demographic. But if I showed the product to you now, you'd probably be unimpressed and forget about it, which probably loses you as a customer forever. Better to wait another few weeks and give you something that actually solves a problem you actually have.
There's only one chance to make a good first impression.