I am Darius, I am 30 years old with a background in business and engineering and I am from Vancouver, Canada. I love snowboarding and skiing and frequently go to Whistler (1.5 hours away from my home). I am an Entrepreneur (finally took the leap of faith and quite my job last year) and we are making a product for skiers and snowboarders.
I am just looking for advice on our product so we don’t build the wrong thing. I want to make sure it is not just me who has the problem(s) I am trying to solve.
I would really appreciate it if I could talk to you for 15-20 minutes as your opinion would be highly valuable! As a token of appreciation I will give you $5 CAD - think of it as me grabbing you a cup of coffee or a beer
If interested please reach out to me at dariussilva04@gmail.com to arrange a Skype/phone conversation!
Thanks guys! Yea I am being vague about the problem I'm solving on purpose to avoid biased responses. If I say what problem I am solving I won't hear from people who are not trying to solve that problem - which means missing out on potentially valuable information.
Yes, it would be easier to just ask questions or ask people to fill surveys. Because of the nature of the questions I have, it is best to have one-on-one conversations. I am sure I will get a wide range of answers based on the questions I have and by having a conversation I can dig deeper, feel the emotion behind the response, move to a different topic or be inspired by something completely new that I did not think of before - these are kind of things that won't come out when we just fill in surveys.
Dual Snowboard.
Any rotating binding system
Any binding suspension system
Any pole propelling system
The snowboard brake
Motorized snowboards
Kneeling snowboard
Cool ideas:
New shapes / profiles
New materials
useful apps
New / cheaper split system
would probably be easier if you went to a mountain and face to face'd people there with beer/coffee in hand as I can only imagine people's reluctance to do 1v1's on the phone/skype let alone setting up an appointment.
not trying to be a dick, if I come off as one, sorry, my apologies. I just thought that it would help you more by going to the slopes. if you change your mind and make a survey I'll fill it out.
Thanks Jae for the suggestion. That is actually a great idea. I have tried approaching people in the waiting lines at Whistler and it is not as easy as you think. People go there with plans and friends and don't want to waist time talking to a stranger. I have had some limited success using that method though. But going there with some goodies might be game changer.
here are some other good ideas:
a small, portable grill to take into the backcountry
a dual hydro-pocket pack. one pocket for water and another pocket for beer.
I don't mind the call but as mentione I'm living in CET, so it may be bit complicated to find a time slot... send a PM and I'll happily answer as well. No money needed.
Since forumers here are from all over the world, I think you will be able to get a larger sample by PM than by phone. Unless you are specifically sampling NA, but still. If you are open to that, you can send me a PM and I'll help.
Happy to help, although as we don't know the question I don't know if I can help! No need for the money, I'm more interested to know what it is your working on than doing it for the beer aha!
Thank you everyone who has scheduled a call/Skype with me! Your opinions have already helped me a lot
Anyone else interested in a chat?
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