19m I'm working on starting a business in designing and fabricating farm equipment.
at the moment, it's nothing big, I will only be selling locally within a few hours, and won't be making that many things, since it will be only me doing the work
recently I finished the design for my first product, which is just a tractor front 3 point weight, and am just waiting on the pieces to be cut out to make a few.
while I am waiting on this, I want to try and start working on another product to make, but am having a hard time thinking of something that I think people will like and will have a bit of demand.
I'm not sure if I'm just not creative enougv, but I can't think of a new idea or tool to create.
of course I can also attempt to build a better version of a competitors product, but then I run into the problem of not being able to compete price wise. because since I cannot do things like cutting the steel, or sand blasting the finished parts, and get them outsourced, i end up paying more and having higher costs larger companies who do it themselves do.
another way I thought I could try finding what is in demand is by talking to some local farmers. now I have not talked to many, but the very few I have talked to all just said to "build something that's already out there that works better and is cheaper"….
will continue to try and talk to more people, but just wondering if anyone's got any tips on how to try and find where demand is, maybe if there's a different way than talking to individual farmers or something.
I guess I might just having a hard time thinking creatively enough, who knows.
anyone that's maybe been in a similar place, got any tips how to navigate?
Posted by big_man615