RESEARCH THIS CURRENT MARKET landscape.

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RESEARCH THE SPACE ONLINE:

• GO READ BLOG POST, ARTICLES, FORUMS THAT RELATE TO YOUR HYPOTHESIS

• DOWNLOAD EXISTING APPLICATIONS & USE THEM (IF THEY EXIST)

• LOOK AT EXISTING WEBSITES (IF THEY EXIST)

• SEE WHAT IS OUT THERE IN THIS DOMAIN

ANYTHING THAT HELPS LEARN ABOUT THE
DOMAIN YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING IN.

WEEK - TWO

HOMEWORK

NARROW IN ON THE targeting audience you want to DO research with:

make a hypothesis: A PROBLEM ASSUMPTION & A TARGET AUDIENCE  THAT YOU THINK EXIST IN THIS SPACE. THIS WILL HELP NARROW DOWN THE MARKET & BETTER DEFINE YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE.

Next week we will create user testing scripts and learn HOW TO SET UP A RESEARCH PLAN.

Social Connections: Hobby - Hobbiest are looking for ways to share their hobby with others

Travel: Photo takers - Travelers want a better way to store, share & print photos of their trip

Education: Dog Parents - Dog parents are looking for better ways to teach their dog tricks

Designer: Typography - Designers that want to learn more about typography.

E-Commerce: Collectors - Collectors want a better way to auction/sell/buy collectibles

Designer: Type Market - Designers that want to learn more about typography.

Recruiting question: I'm looking to talk to any designers that had/has problems with typography or wants to learn better practices around typography.

E-Commerce: Collectors - collectors want a better way to auction/sell/buy shoes

Recruiting question: I'm looking to talk to any who collects things and has ever tried buying or selling collectibles.

Travel: Photo takers - Travelers want a better way to store, share & print photos of their trip

Recruiting question: I'm looking to talk to anyone that travels at least twice a year, takes lots of photos
of their trip and actively shares their photos with others during and after their travels?

Social Connections: Hobby - Hobbiest are looking for ways to share their hobby with others

Recruiting question: I'm looking to talk to anyone that has a hobby they enjoy often and has ever actively looked to share their hobby with some else?

DO NOT INTERVIEW ANYONE YET

DO  START THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO FIND THESE PEOPLE

EXAMPLES:

THIS GIVES YOU A PATH FORWARD, EVEN IF YOU ARE WRONG. AFTER YOU DO SOME RESEARCH,
YOU WILL SOME EVIDENCE OF ANOTHER PROBLEM TO SOLVE WITHIN THAT SPACE.

 APPROACH THIS FROM A PROBLEM POINT OF VIEW

Education: Dog Parents - Dog parents are looking for better ways to teach their dog tricks

Recruiting question: I'm looking to talk to anyone that has a dog and has ever tried teaching their dog new tricks?