OG Plan Iman Omar

The speakers discuss their original ambitious plans for their ideas. One aimed to inspire chefs and enhance culinary culture, but realized it wasn't the right time. The other assumed students needed a budgeting app, but discovered they wanted emotional support and insights, leading to a pivot towards clarity and well-being in the app. Both speakers experienced a moment of reality prompting a significant pivot in their projects. I appreciate it, Hamza. Well, my original plan for my idea was quite an ambitious one. Like I said in the session before, I wanted to give an experience that I had and share with the people. And it all just started from there. I also wanted to cultivate the culture in my country a little bit more with the culinary scene. So maybe like inspiring chefs or even well-known ones. So they could maybe try and experiment with their own menus. And for me the idea was going in the right direction, but after comparing the results, it just wasn't the time for it yet in the early stages. So Aman, tell us about your original plan. For me, I assumed students wanted a better budgeting app. And what I didn't realize was that there were quite a few already just in the market, that everybody had access to templates and apps that would help them. But my interviews and my interaction with students and my customers kept repeating the same thing. I want help, not homework. I don't budget, I guess. Banking apps show numbers, not meaning. And that's what I kept hearing, which really confused me because I had thought that an app that would just help them budget would be the answer and just give them numbers. But I was wrong. And that was my first lean startup pivot. Data said, Aman, reconsider. So SpendSense shifted towards clarity and emotional ease, not just accounting features. An app that gives you well-being and gives you insights and just helps you overall not to stay down. Now, let's talk about the moment reality hit each of us in the face and how we had our big pivot.