The Startup Ideas Podcast
The best businesses are built at the intersection of emerging technology, community, and real human needs.
Build and share personal software publicly as distribution magnets
Why It Works
Demonstrates capability while providing value, creates viral potential through utility, establishes expertise and trustworthiness through concrete examples
Prerequisites
How to Execute
Build useful tools for specific problems
Share creation process and results publicly
Make tools freely available with attribution
Document business impact or user adoption
Use success as case study for paid work
When It Fails
When tools are too generic, creation process isn't interesting, or there's no clear path from free tool to paid services
Real Example
“Developer builds custom image generation tool using new AI model, shares development process and results on Twitter, tool goes viral, leads to consulting requests for similar custom applications from businesses”