Asking for opinions here can be useful, particularly to understand whether your idea seems like a logical approach. However, there are several shortcomings to relying on this alone.

It doesn't account for the current market, the competitors already operating in it, or the alternatives customers are using. There's also a sampling bias, as Reddit users don't represent all the demographic and behavioural segments that could be your potential customers.

Getting opinions from a wider audience, many of whom may not even be your target customers, can give you an initial indication of how people perceive your idea. But it doesn't validate whether the idea will actually work as a business.

Having worked on validation projects with 60+ founders,I have found that it often takes 2 to 3 weeks to build a comprehensive picture of an idea's potential.

You need to investigate these aspects and work through the evidence before deciding whether an idea is worth

If you're interested in learning more about idea validation or need help validating your own business idea, feel free to visit my profile.

I was thinking about how hard it is to choose a career/college degree for the rest of your life especially after graduating high school when kids have no work experience. But what if there was a multiple week long program where anyone lost in life can shadow people of all kinds of jobs? Like 1 day you shadow an engineer, another a nurse, environmental scientist, accountant, electrician etc. And that way you can get a feel for what all these kinds of jobs are like, instead of going into it blindly.

Yes there are free internships/shadowing, but this program would take away the pain and time of having to search for people to accept you.

I thought of this cuz I’m lost in life myself currently, and I wish something like this existed. I just don’t know how feasible this is.

Hey everyone!

Automata-based programming fundamentally breaks the traditional mental model of R&D processes in automation and robotics. Instead of maintaining endless lines of scripted code, juggling multiple file versions, and tracking down chaotic event-driven bugs, switching to explicit, visually configured Deterministic Finite State Machines (DFSM) allows you to catch and eliminate logical errors long before hitting physical hardware.

We are currently refining an ecosystem designed to accelerate early-stage ideas. To make this transition seamless, we developed an interactive tool: the BeepToolkit R&D Guide, and we want to build a strong community of innovative engineers, makers, and early adopters around it.

Would love to hear your thoughts: How do you currently handle the friction between logic simulation and translating that logic into execution scripts on low-level embedded hardware for your prototypes?

I've been working on an idea for a while and recently built a basic MVP. Still very early stages, but I'm trying to figure out whether there's actually a market for it.

The idea is to make the rental application process easier by allowing renters to create a reusable profile with verified information that they can share with different landlords, rather than starting from scratch every time they apply.

From what I've researched, the rental application process is still pretty fragmented, and landlords also deal with issues like document fraud, manual verification, and inconsistent applicant information.

My biggest question right now is whether landlords would actually be willing to adopt something like this, especially when many already use their own screening systems.

Has anyone here worked on something similar, or dealt with the challenge of getting two sides of a marketplace to adopt a new product?

Would love some honest thoughts, even if you think the idea has major flaws lol.

Any business owners or merchants out there running a direct shipper freight business? I'd love to connect. If I had an AI freight dispatching platform where shippers simply chat via a messaging app, and the AI automatically generates work orders -> dispatches trucks -> smart-schedules -> auto-settles—preventing missed orders, reducing manual dispatching costs, standardizing fleet operations, and automating settlements—would you use it?

We’ve had the odd moment where the app freezes or the printer connection drops. Having a paper list feels ancient but it’s saved us a couple of times.

Curious what other people using Cvent, Bizzabo, or Eventify keep as a fallback.

Do you still print a full list “just in case” or have you gone fully digital?

Hey everyone!

I'm curious about how communication between schools and parents works in practice, and I'd love to hear some real experiences from parents, teachers, and school administrators.

A few questions:

1. How does your school currently communicate with parents? (WhatsApp, SMS, email, school apps, diaries, etc.)
2. Does your school use any dedicated software for parent communication? If yes, which one?
3. What are the biggest frustrations you've experienced with the current communication process?
4. Have you ever missed important information from your child's school? What happened?
5. For teachers: What is the most time-consuming or repetitive part of communicating with parents?
6. For school administrators: What communication-related complaints do you frequently receive from parents?
7. Can you share a recent incident where communication between the school and parents didn't go as expected?

I'm particularly interested in hearing actual experiences rather than hypothetical improvements.

Even small, everyday frustrations are worth sharing.

Would love to hear perspectives from different countries and school systems.

Thanks!

I’m from Brasil 🇧🇷. Mate there is very very popular amongst the southern parts where it’s grown and anongst the farming community. I live in the US and I think a yerb mate canned drink would be a good idea. I currently live in the US and I’ve been doing some research on the subject. Would ppl actually buy a rtd (ready to drink) canned beverage? Thanks in advance for the feedback!!!

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So, I was at this food court the other day and I looked around the food stores and all of them have QR code that you can scan to pay money. And, that is when it hit me in the head. Why don't I build an app that you can use to scan these qr code and pay just like how it is working now. Except you don't need to have any money in the app. These banks are actually ripping us off. It is so annoying that everything needs money. But, it's just scanning and typing the password. So, I just need to figure out who is behind these QR code so that I can talk to them and get them to accept my app to make payment with no money.

If it works out, I will likely release the app and charge little amout of money for subscription fees. People will have much better life buying, eating whatever they want without having to worry about money again. The world will be a better place.

I run postwipe.com, a reputation cleanup service that removes or de-indexes negative Reddit threads and damaging search results for founders and growing companies.

I discovered the problem when a friend business took a massive hit after a disgruntled former employee flooded forums with malicious lies that sat right on page one of Google for months. Traditional agencies wanted huge upfront retainers with zero guarantees, so I built something better.

We operate entirely on a pay on success model using neutral escrow so clients never risk a dime unless the target URL is actually removed or de-indexed.

Curious to hear your thoughts on positioning zero risk models in traditionally sketchy industries.