| Several people have written nice supporting responses with good suggestions. One person (that I have seen so far) has written a testing question. I don't want to discourage you, but sometimes with ventures like this, I think testing questions can be more valuable than the good answers to your original question. In that spirit, I hope you will allow me to explore some questions that might help you narrow down what you are doing. To reiterate what the other poster asked, "What do you mean by Unicorn" and I will tack on, "and why is that the goal?" You say you want to target "exceptional people". What do you mean by that? If a person is "exceptional", why do they need your help? What gap are you filling? Finally doing this kind of thing is often difficult and time consuming. What is your motivation for starting? How will you measure your success? How will you sustain your motivation over time? Now some advice: Like some others, I have started many projects. Some have lasted a weekend. Some have lasted for years. Quite a few projects (even ones that lasted for years) had very few participants other than me. This was OK for me because I enjoyed building stuff. None of my projects (so far) became super popular. That's pretty normal I think. Exceptional things are exceptional by definition. Making sure that you are OK just building stuff because you enjoy building it is a good way to make sure you don't get jaded. Having said that, if your motivation is driven by having a following, learn something from the lean startup guys. Do the tiniest thing that could possibly work and just go. See if you get any interest at all. Fiddle with the parameters until you start to get some interest. Don't build a whole big website and gamble on the all-or-nothing. Build it and your following together over time and don't engage in too much risk. I hope the questions I asked will help you narrow your scope and help you find the fastest way to deliver something and start testing the waters. Good luck! |
By Unicorn I mean rockstar or be in the top percentage among peers instead of just being average.
It has been hard to find quality people who have the motivation, passion and drive to be able to have the determination to teach themselves.
What I meant be exceptional is someone that has tried and failed to teach themselves but is willing to give it another go. I should have used dedicated instead of exceptional.
I have already done the Front end curriculum this past year and weeded out all the bad videos and books to find the best material. It would take a part time student learning at night about 9 months for the bootcamp.
Thank you for your input.