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Hey I am on Medialย โ€ขย 18d

โ€œ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜†๐—ฎ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฎ?โ€ We usually as first time founders think, if we have identified a problem let's build a solution and weโ€™ll be viral overnight. But reality hits hard too soon. Nobody uses the million dollar solution we're building. When I started Reway, I didnโ€™t just assume there was a problem. I went out and talked to people. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ. I spoke to multiple recyclers small, big, organised, unorganised. Met policymakers to understand regulations. Visited kabadiwalas in local markets, saw how they collected e-waste. Asked sellers why they didnโ€™t recycleโ€”lack of awareness? No incentives? Too complex? Every conversation gave me insights ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ. Market validation isnโ€™t about surveys and reports. ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†. If you have a startup idea, do this: ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜. Talk to 10 potential users. Then 50. Then 100. ๐—”๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป-๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. Let them tell you their struggles. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ. The real pain points are in their words. Data is great. But real conversations are better. Got an idea but unsure if the market is real? ๐—š๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ. PS: If you're working in sustainability/climate tech/ waste management industry, let's connect! #startups #customerinsights #problemsolving #reway

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