Public Exam Registration Assistant: VALIDATE, 72/100 | Ideas Lab

Aggregator platform for Brazilian public exam job postings and application requirements to reduce navigation friction.

The pain

Candidates waste 5-10 hours monthly hunting across 50+ fragmented government portals (IBFC, FCC, Cespe, etc.) to find exam dates, requirements, and deadlines. Information is scattered, outdated, and presented in dense PDFs. Missing a deadline costs months of preparation.

The gap

No single source consolidates exam metadata. Government sites prioritize legal compliance over usability. Candidates resort to WhatsApp groups and YouTube channels for crowdsourced intel, indicating demand for organized information.

Build angle

Start as a searchable database + email alert system for specific exam types (police, tax, judicial). Charge candidates $2-5/month or take affiliate revenue from prep course platforms. Validate with 500 active users before building matching/recommendation features.

Strengths

Clear, measurable pain point with 500+ monthly searches in a specific geography
Low technical complexity, web scraping + database + alerts is achievable in 4-6 weeks
Multiple revenue paths: subscriptions, affiliate commissions from prep courses, job board listings from government agencies
Defensible moat through data freshness and user-generated deadline alerts

Risks

Government portals may change structure frequently, requiring constant scraping maintenance
Market size unclear, 500 searches doesn't confirm willingness to pay; many candidates use free WhatsApp groups
Regulatory risk: government agencies may view aggregation as unauthorized data republishing
Competitor risk: a single government agency could launch its own unified portal, eliminating the problem
Retention challenge: users visit only during exam season (3-4 months/year), creating churn

Fly Labs Method

Is the pain real, is there a gap, is it the right time, can one person build it.

72

Value Equation

Dream outcome and how likely it feels, against the time and effort it costs.

58

One-Person Business

Curiosity pull, identity fit, and a path from free value to paid for a solo creator.

68

Viral Frameworks

Hook strength, shareability, and how cheaply it can be tested.

64

Builder Lens

Evidence the problem exists, timing, defensibility, and a model that fits on a napkin.

55

Five lenses, one composite. How scoring works

The angle

Start as a searchable database + email alert system for specific exam types (police, tax, judicial). Charge candidates $2-5/month or take affiliate revenue from prep course platforms. Validate with 500 active users before building matching/recommendation features.

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