“I've had literally a lot of my friends that I'm really close to that have just make fun of my app ideas Even what it is now they still think it's funny and not a serious thing but I have a vision and I know where I want to be”

Discount mockery from close friends — they aren't your target market

When close friends ridicule the idea, that is not market feedback — they aren't in your target niche and have no skin in the use case. Cedric's friends still mock Pepai while it does $33K/month and growing. Weigh signals from actual prospective users — waitlist signups, influencer interest, review patterns from competitor apps — far more heavily than the opinions of the people closest to you.