- Can you do something that will help you in multiple ways (fun? learning? curiosity? creativity? potential for money to continue doing this forever?) and also will help the world as well?
- What would you be working on right now regardless of chances of getting funding if you didn't need to work for someone else?
- What would you like to learn about that you think will help you in the future (e.g. web apps, not COBOL) regardless of whether you succeed or not?
Then just create small projects and ask people to use them.
Well, a lot of these questions were ones that I have answered myself and were products of my frustrations with existing services, so I just want to extend these questions out to many and see if such frustrations are common.
- What motivates you?
- Can you do something that will help you in multiple ways (fun? learning? curiosity? creativity? potential for money to continue doing this forever?) and also will help the world as well?
- What would you be working on right now regardless of chances of getting funding if you didn't need to work for someone else?
- What would you like to learn about that you think will help you in the future (e.g. web apps, not COBOL) regardless of whether you succeed or not?
Then just create small projects and ask people to use them.