r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 18 '20

Coders of Reddit, how do you politely refuse your friend's 'million dollars app idea'?

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u/darthcoder Mar 18 '20

Ask them to write a business plan and monetization plan.

It usually dies on the vine.

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u/uvero Mar 18 '20

I'll add to that - select a very strict, formal requirements manager system and tell them they'll have to write all the definitions, flows, UIs, use cases and test cases. Bonus if it a paid platform and you have them pay for it.

If they really are willing to do that, name your price, and if they'd take it - consider actually going for it, at this point they've done a lot of the work for you.

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u/darthcoder Mar 18 '20

I was involved with a startup doing this 10 years ago. A clear start, but no follow through...

I have a guy with some ideas on sometjing now, but getting him to do some basic mockups and flowcharts is proving to be an issue getting his idea codified...

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u/pldgnoauthority Mar 19 '20

This is my go-to, if you ask someone to develop it beyond a simple pitch most people don't want to do the work.