Is there demand for this?

Hey everyone

I am building real time collaboration note taking webapp for students and researchers — you can create/join workspaces, create/join rooms inside workspaces and each room has whiteboard. You can brainstorm ideas, take notes with your friends, study and research.

I am making it because all other tools are meant for work or teams instead of students or researchers.

I am making tools for drawing/writing tools, OCR, tables, AI summary/flashcards, AI conflict detection (conflict information) AI annotations and highlights, AI citations.

I would like your help to give more original unique features to differentiate against competitors like miro, microsoft whiteboard or jira.

If there’s real demand for something like this, I’m looking to run it as a business.

I would appreciate honest feedback and help!

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@J_Phroneos

21 hours ago

This sounds cool and definitely useful, but it’s also a super competitive space. Big players like M365 already dominate collab tools, especially for work.

Curious: how do you plan to market this and reach students/researchers specifically?

@sidhant792

1 day ago

The idea sounds good to me, I'd use it as a student.

@vincent

2 days ago

I won’t need the product but it sounds like I cool concept. But be aware, it’s a highly competitive space, I’ve seen posts on here before about building flashcard tools. I’d try to niche down a bit 😁

@omar1

2 days ago

Thank you, I know about that. I thought going for niche like academics can pull it off. Should I niche down even more?
I am a student so I hope I can share it in my university.

I will try to deliver unique experience than other competitors.

@vincent

2 days ago

Cool, awesome to hear. Have you asked ppl in your university if they would use your product? That might help identify what they need

@omar1

2 days ago

Not really, I know it is a mistake but I am worried about their reaction.
I don't know if I should wait until I finish building it or tell them now.

Actually, I am worried about if I quit due to complexity after telling them, I would feel bad.

@vincent

2 days ago

you don’t have to tell them you’re making it. you can just tell them you’re brainstorming ideas and would like their feedback 😁

@omar1

2 days ago

okay maybe you are right. I will try it out.

@vincent

2 days ago

Awesome! good luck