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Originally Posted by DoubleF
Silly question, but... why did you want to make this concept a reality? You had a bunch of "no" and a longish duration. Do you do that type of travel enough that it'd save you and buddies a lot of time + have interest in just making things a hobby with the ability to ultimately attempt to monetize it as a pure bonus on top?
A few years ago, I had an idea. As far as I know no one else has done it. I spoke with a few programmers/engineers and no one wanted to be involved in the concept, so I just shrugged and put it away. I'd still be wary about building it with AI and gifting the concept away, but it might be a tool to set up a proof of concept to explain the concept to an engineer/programmer.
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At first it was just because I thought it was a great idea. While I don't do a ton of this type of travel (I wish) I'm like the go to booking guy for my extended family. My in laws travel frequently and are always asking what sports they can see and who's playing. There's just no way to easily look it up and cross reference multiple sports. From there I started searching and using AI to look for a business case. Apparently SportCations (really need to make this stick haha) are a massive industry. Once I saw the number of people that make trips like these every year(est. 5-11million) I thought I might have something here.
Then once I started I just couldn't stop. It's honestly been a ton of fun learning the coding, troubleshooting and just making something that I think is super cool. I've always loved problem solving and finding creative solutions to problems so apparently web dev is right up my alley. I'm currently just obsessed with working on the site and fine tuning everything. Even if it doesn't work out and never makes a dime I'll be proud of myself for making something and I'm just enjoying the experience and excitement from working on something new.
I did stress a lot about the IP thing to start, as I didn't want to give it away either so I get that! When I was pitching it I made sure to only use reputable, large companies and not fiverr or a friend of a friend.