#1822 - Q&A: What's the best platform for my idea?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Do you start with your idea, or start with the ideal platform for your idea? Today’s caller wants to remain “platform agnostic.” How should he proceed?
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| 0:35.0 | Hey, what's up? Everybody, welcome to Side Us All School. My name is Chris Gellat-Though. |
| 0:39.9 | And welcome to the final week of the year. We are reaching the end of 2021. |
| 0:45.2 | What a year it's been. Now, I've got a listener question for you today to kick off the week. |
| 0:49.0 | Got a bunch of other stuff coming up as well, of course. |
| 0:50.9 | A listener question. We have looked at the question of whether you build your idea with a platform in mind, |
| 0:56.8 | like where you have a specific network or medium that you're looking at, |
| 0:59.8 | like TikTok, Instagram, whatever it could be, and you're asking yourself, how do I suit or adapt my idea |
| 1:05.6 | to fit the unique qualifications, requirements, et cetera, of this network? |
| 1:09.6 | Or, you know, you start with an idea and then consider which platform or network might be best. |
| 1:14.7 | Now, both approaches have merit. I tend to lean more toward the second, where you're thinking idea first, |
| 1:20.7 | and then figuring out how to apply or functionally adapt that idea. |
| 1:25.0 | But we have also seen plenty of successful case studies over the years that use more of the first. |
| 1:29.6 | So with all that in mind, today's caller has a similar but different question. |
| 1:33.6 | These are always my favorite, similar but different. |
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