Canary · B2C · language learning app with songs
Ask your followers what they struggle with and build for that
Led to the songs-based idea behind the app; founder recommends it
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What they did
Spend time in content from a niche you enjoy and watch what people complain about or struggle with. Many of his followers used Duolingo but couldn't say anything in French when he asked; the only thing they remembered was a song lyric. He concluded people remember lyrics and built a language app around songs.
What happened
Produced the idea for the app.
- Stage
- Pre-launch (idea)
“For me was like a lot of my followers, they are like using Duolingo, but they didn't really like learn anything. When I was asking them, "Okay, tell me something in French," and they will blank”
“So, I was like, "Okay, people remember lyrics, so maybe we should make like an app for this."”
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