SME Talk-to-Earn Ecosystem

🧪 Active Investigation Creating a reward-driven ecosystem will motivate SMEs to openly share real business problems, enabling developers to build useful software.

CURRENT POSITION I believe SMEs will consistently talk and share honest problems if conversations are tied to concrete rewards, influence, and visible outcomes.

KEY ASSUMPTIONS SMEs are more motivated by tangible business value than by generic feedback requests Providing rewards like credits, influence, or discounts will overcome interview fatigue Developers need validated problems more than ideas

SUPPORTING EVIDENCE Observation that SMEs often disengage from interviews unless they see immediate value Customer development interviews are more effective when participants see direct value or outcomes from participation. Early adopter and co-creation programs increase customer engagement and product-market fit.

OPEN QUESTIONS What minimum reward is sufficient to sustain long-term SME participation? How to prevent gaming of the reward system? Will SMEs trust read-only AI agents with business data early on?

WANT TO EXPLORE DEEPER? Read Full Thought → by parag