I've been working with a client in a niche area on their website.<p>My fulltime work with them is coming to an end and I'm thinking about what to do next. One idea I had on observing them trying to help customers, is the lack of a focused review website. Their company is listed on several generic review sites but other competitors aren't, making it hard for customers to compare.<p>My idea is to setup a focused review website for the niche industry.<p>The problem: according to the client, its been tried before and failed due to conflicts of interests, mainly a competitor would setup a review site and tweak it in their favour.<p>Now, I would love to do this startup idea but how do I approach this? (I genuinely don't want to make a biased review website). Do I be honest about my past and try to prove the website isn't biased? or do I not mention it and distance myself from the industry? or should I steer clear?
The only way you could ensure it wasn't biased was to contact the competitors to potentially discuss the idea.<p>Then you can safely say you've worked with all parties concerned beforehand and an unbiased review website will draw attention to where each company can improve.