If I am understanding you correctly, you're not looking for "customers" in that case-- you're looking for prospects.
This site is aimed at people who have developed a solution, and want to get early adopters.
If you're still looking for a problem to solve, your needs (and process) will be different. (Hint: find a domain where you a) already have lots of contacts, and b) already have some understanding of the sales process. If you don't know enough folks in a domain well enough to find out about their unsolved problems, you probably will have significant difficult selling to them.)
Oh, you'd be surprised. For example: what do your parents do for a living? Did you ever have a summer job, or an after-school job? Do you have any (slightly older) friends who have already graduated and taken jobs? Siblings? Aunts or Uncles? Friendly neighbors?
I'm guessing that you know lots of people-- the trick is to a) talk to them about what they do for a living, and b) listen. (That last step is critical.)
My parents basically live on a farm in an isolated village in an economically undeveloped county.
Forgive me if I sound harsh, but the tech world wouldn't believe how needless software still is in the vast majority of Europe.
Not to mention cultural differences -- I admitted I was a web developer in a real estate agent's office, and they wanted me to fix their internet connection.
I honestly appreciate your input and will keep trying. :)
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Sadly, I didn't find it usable for getting customers with problems to ask me how I could help.
If I am understanding you correctly, you're not looking for "customers" in that case-- you're looking for prospects.
This site is aimed at people who have developed a solution, and want to get early adopters.
If you're still looking for a problem to solve, your needs (and process) will be different. (Hint: find a domain where you a) already have lots of contacts, and b) already have some understanding of the sales process. If you don't know enough folks in a domain well enough to find out about their unsolved problems, you probably will have significant difficult selling to them.)
Well, yes, the new entry title wouldn't mislead me.
Unfortunately, being a student doesn't allow me to know enough folks in a domain other than 'software'.
Oh, you'd be surprised. For example: what do your parents do for a living? Did you ever have a summer job, or an after-school job? Do you have any (slightly older) friends who have already graduated and taken jobs? Siblings? Aunts or Uncles? Friendly neighbors?
I'm guessing that you know lots of people-- the trick is to a) talk to them about what they do for a living, and b) listen. (That last step is critical.)
My parents basically live on a farm in an isolated village in an economically undeveloped county.
Forgive me if I sound harsh, but the tech world wouldn't believe how needless software still is in the vast majority of Europe.
Not to mention cultural differences -- I admitted I was a web developer in a real estate agent's office, and they wanted me to fix their internet connection.
I honestly appreciate your input and will keep trying. :)
My first startup, which I successfully cashed out of a few years back, developed software for farmers in Europe and South America.
Seriously. There are still many millions to be made there.