Remember that time you and your buddies turned a simple game night into an epic tournament, with everyone going all out for bragging rights? Now imagine a solopreneur in Bangalore launching their handmade jewelry line the same way. They set a small prize pool, influencers jump in with creative posts, and boom the best ones rack up views, turning promotion into pure excitement.

The Problem:

Imagine you're a solopreneur in Silicon Valley hustling to launch your innovative app, or a small cafe owner in Mumbai trying to attract crowds beyond your local neighborhood. Traditional ads? They burn through your budget like Diwali fireworks, with no real guarantee of sparking interest. Influencer deals often feel like a risky bet too, demanding hefty upfront payments and making it hard to measure true impact. Over 70 percent of small businesses report that marketing devours their funds without delivering solid results, leaving them overshadowed while big brands steal the spotlight. It's downright frustrating, like yelling into an endless void. What if there was a smarter way to pay only for genuine buzz, transforming promotion into an exciting competition that drives real engagement? We've got the perfect solution to light up your path.

The Solution:

An app where small businesses ignite influencer showdowns for maximum views, paying prizes solely to the top performers for assured viral exposure.

Key Features:

Business Model: Commission on prize pools, alongside premium subscriptions for enhanced analytics or featured campaign slots.

End Goal: Cultivate a vibrant community and aim for acquisition by a powerhouse like TikTok or Instagram at an 8-10x revenue multiple.

Help validate this Idea 👇

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Anthropic co-founder Daniela Amodei still does this herself in 2025. She says the fastest way to kill a startup is to fall in love with your idea instead of the customer’s real pain. Every Monday she picks five people who fit her target profile (LinkedIn, Reddit, WhatsApp groups, local chai stalls, anything) and asks just one question: “What’s the hardest part of [problem you solve] for you right now?” No pitch, no demo, just listen. She logs the exact words they use. Those raw sentences become the homepage copy, pricing page, and feature list.

Result: Anthropic’s product-market fit score jumped from 32% to 68% in six months.

Your move: block 60 minutes every Monday. Five honest conversations beat 50 investor slides.

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His trick: put a fake recurring meeting called “Build the Damn Thing” in your calendar for those blocks and treat it as the most important appointment of the week. In 2025, Notion shipped three major features because of this rule.

Start tomorrow: pick two half-days this week, block them, and just build. The world can wait.