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There are a few signs I've seen this year across different projects that indicate that people *actually* are looking for what I'm building. Lack of these signs is a major signal, but it's hard to notice when you're not expecting them.

1. Word of mouth. For poach.vc I'm starting to see more and more signups come from referrals, or people from the same firm sign up.

2. Decent conversion rates without much optimization. For poach.vc, 4% of subs are paid (so far), which feels good since most of the subscribers are fairly new. Most projects I've launched have had abysmally low conversion rates.

3. Unprompted positive reviews. Invite.sh is just a small free tool, but it's received a lot of positive responses on Reddit comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/Venturex/comments/1bgjykb/anyone_know_how_to_add_flight_info_to_google/libga74/

4. Asking to see something that isn't built yet. For KeywordGems, I'm starting to have people reach out to try it without having built anything yet, just because it sounds promising. (This is a big motivator to move fast towards the MVP!)