The Reality Behind the Scenes: Building Your Own Tech Idea

# The Reality Behind Building Your Own Tech Idea We all know that building tech can be fulfilling, the rewards amazing.. but what is the reality behind building your own tech idea? If you are an innovator, or someone with an idea to create a tech product, you will need to have some this that and everything behind you, supporting you… well that is what we are told, but that is certainly not the reality for many. I love innovation, I love ideas, I love dreams and we should all aspire to turn our ideas into reality. ## The Process to Follow The truth is, if you are looking to create a product there is that process to follow: 1. What is the pain? 2. What is the barrier? 3. Why should we eliminate the barrier? 4. How will the solution help? 5. How can we evolve the solution? ### Do Your Homework With both intuition and your fact finding brain, you will have likely worked out there is a problem to solve. Sit down and work out the WHY's, WHEN's, HOW's and WHAT's. The main aim is to point out that you will need help in many areas, so be real with yourself. Did you know that there are many stages to developing tech before you even type one bit of code? These days, there are solutions that assist us with creating a 'dummy' tech product without code so we can get a visual on it. ### Look at What You Can and Cannot Do This is an exercise to decipher what you are good at and what you are not good at. What you really need to do is plan what needs to be done to get the 'ball rolling' and be real with yourself. Things you can do: - Do a lot of writing and research - Talk to potential users — do the foot work - Present your idea to gain interest or investment on paper - Get confirmation The six stages: 1. IDEA 2. DESIGN 3. BUILD 4. TEST 5. MARKET 6. EVOLVE ### Research and Be Patient In the tech world, being patient is a necessity. When it comes down to creating a tech product, you do need to research a lot. - Take time finding your team - Take time finding your designer/developer - Take time testing in-house and in the market - Take time planning your road map to delivery - Take time growing ### You Can Achieve Your Dream — Just Be Realistic Be kind to yourself and to those who are helping you achieve your dream. There will be times where frustrations kick in, but all I can say is trust yourself to keep going. My biggest piece of advice is to **INVEST IN WHAT YOU CAN'T DO**.