🚀 Innov8 - Goodreads for Ideas

"Like Goodreads for books, but for your brilliant ideas"

Innov8 is an innovation platform that helps teams capture, share, validate, and collaborate on ideas. Think of it as a social network for innovation with AI-powered market validation.

✨ Features

🎯 Core Features (MVP)

• 📝 Idea Management - Create, edit, and organize ideas like books on Goodreads
• 👥 Team Collaboration - Share ideas with colleagues and get feedback
• 🤖 AI Validation - Get market analysis and competitor research powered by AI
• 🔍 Discovery - Browse, search, and discover trending ideas
• ⭐ Social Features - Like, comment, and rate ideas
• 📊 Status Tracking - Track ideas from draft → feedback → validated → prototype

🚀 Getting Started

Follow these instructions to get the project set up and running on your local machine.

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18 or later recommended)

Installation & Running

1. Install dependencies: From the root of the project directory, run:

   npm install

2. Run the application:

   npm start

3. Access the app: 🌐 Open your browser to http://localhost:3000

🧪 Demo Accounts

Use the following accounts to test the application:

🎯 Product Vision

Current State (MVP)

• ✅ Basic idea sharing and collaboration
• ✅ User authentication and profiles
• ✅ Social features (likes, comments)
• ✅ Mock AI validation
• ✅ Search and filtering
• ✅ Responsive design

Changelog

v2.0.0 (Current)

• Backend Refactor: Migrated all API endpoints from callbacks to async/await for improved readability and error handling.
• Database Module: Introduced a dedicated db.js module to centralize and promisify database interactions.
• Frontend State Management: Implemented a state synchronization utility to ensure UI consistency.
• API Enhancements: Added /api/auth/verify endpoint and fixed bugs in the "like" functionality.

Future Vision

• 🚀 AI Agent Prototyping - Agents build working prototypes
• 🚀 Marketplace - Showcase and discover ideas like Product Hunt
• 🚀 Investment Integration - Connect ideas with investors