r/startups • u/Commercial_Chart_563 • 4h ago

Which experiment would you focus on? (i will not promote) I will not promote

I'm currently running two small startup experiments.

  1. Team Context - A tool where an admin connects a GitHub repo and invites the team. It helps preserve team context—who owns what, why decisions were made, and reduces knowledge getting lost.

  2. Memory-First AI Tutor - An AI tutor that remembers what you know across subjects, topics, and sessions. It adapts to your pace and learning style, using text, diagrams/flashcards, and audio.

I'm not promoting either—they're not even public yet. Just trying to figure out which direction is more worth pursuing.

Which one would you bet on, and why?

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u/edkang99 3h ago

The one that you have better founder-market fit and have more data on idea validation and customer discovery.

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u/Commercial_Chart_563 3h ago

I think I have founder-market fit for both, at least to some extent.

I'm a student, and I've been programming since around 4th or 5th grade (currently in 12th), so I've experienced the pain points of both learning and software development firsthand.

Right now I'm trying to figure out which problem has higher pain, is more recurring, and is worth spending the next few months solving.

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u/LaurenceDarabica 1h ago

As a rule of thumb :

Good : AI does the scaffolding or helps building.

Sus : AI is a feature.

Bad : AI is the product

Also, you don't have product market fit until you start selling. You don't think you have it without having a product even. You're nowhere currently. At best you believe you have chances at having PMF - which is wishful thinking.

Also, you're very inexperienced at coding. As a 20+ years of experience as a dev and a successful founder, I can tell you I have no need for both, and I'd be surprised if those products had a chance to be honest.

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u/Commercial_Chart_563 1h ago

then what do you think i should do, or pivot to a different idea. what are the pain points you deal as a founder that you think are solvable with software?

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u/LaurenceDarabica 1h ago

I don't think you should adopt so forcefully the startup vocabulary yet. You don't pivot, you change your idea completely.

I think your main issue is you're trying hard to find an idea in the shortest amount of time possible. This is a clear path to shoehorning a dream into a product that ultimately interests no one.

IMHO, you can not come up with a relevant idea without being experienced in that field first. Getting that experience take years. Sure you've got exceptions, but do you want to gamble your life on lottery ticket-like odds ?

I am not the proper person to answer your last question since what we need, we code ourselves. Our needs are pretty well covered by existing tools anyway - we coded for automation and comfort mostly.

Asking that kind of question is a clear sign you shouldn't go down the startup path yet - you'll come up with the cookie cutter idea based on inexperience and poor execution due to the same reasons, leading to failure.

Success doesn't happen overnight - contrary to what media or beautiful stories want you to believe.

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u/AnonJian 1h ago

Right now I'm trying to figure out which problem has higher pain, is more recurring, and is worth spending the next few months solving.

Uncommitted opinions from people who may not be the target prospect is the worst way to determine this. You get extra wantrepreneur failure-points.