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If customers say “that sounds cool” but never pay or actively use the product, it’s a red flag. The biggest signal is talk without traction. I watch for a lack of repeat usage; if you need constant reminders or incentives just to keep people engaged, the idea might not be sustainable.
Social media likes and views are not indicator of actual interested customers
Is it stupid? Seriously. It's baffling the number of ideas and businesses I see that, if you look at them for more than a minute, you wonder how anyone thought they were viable.
Go look at the top companies in the last decade that raised huge money and failed or went public and lost 90%+ of their value. The writing was on the wall all along. They never made sense as businesses, especially the companies pretending to be tech companies because they have a website.
Blue Apron, Groupon, SmileDirectClub, Quibi, Zume. WeWork.
Two other big red flags.
One, is this actually serving a need or solving a problem? I see so many startups trying to build a thing nobody needs.
The other thing is hype. Is this actually an idea that has a wide market, or does it just feel relevant to the niche audience of people building and investing in it? A great example of this is Clubhouse. Techies and VCs liked it. The rest of the world couldn't have cared less.