I'm dying to find an idea to pursue

After reading through the replies here, I realized that in this specific site (indiehackers) you'll get a lot of advice to just build something. But if you've been reading and thinking and already working as a web developer, then building something is just more of the same.

The key is to talk to people. Not just get people's written opinion online. And specifically people who can't build anything. Non programmers. Non-indiehackers. You'll find that something that's super easy for you, is literally impossible for someone else, and then you must go find if they can pay for it.

Building tools for ourselves and scratching our own itch is definitely something that's been advised. But then you'll be building something for developers and run into the "I can build this in a weekend" folks.

Find people who can't build anything in a weekend, and go make something for them.

I would go a step further and say go make something for your mom. Or make something for someone's mom.

IF you can't find a mom, there's tons of mom bloggers.

And the best thing about moms is that they talk. There's mom bloggers, mom youtubers, mom twitch, mom twitters, mom instagrammers.

IF you must read a book, read "The Mom Test". This isn't some weird ad for that book.

I don't necessarily think that that book helped me SO much but I do truly think that the way the book approaches user interviews is top notch style.

At least as an ethos of finding out how people actually behave with technology and seek solutions.

Oh man… there’s an abundance of opportunity out there, and I completely agree with others that it can help just to build something.

You could honestly build an extremely basic TODO app, market it, and over time you will likely build a following of users that will guide your product. It’s like growing a plant.

One of the classic ways to identify a good idea is to identify a problem, and it’s easy to see problems when you have them yourself.

Apart from that, I find that starting somewhere and brainstorming. As an exercise, try starting with any of the following and then defining the others from that starting point:

• Name - Think of a catchy name (perhaps like “Chop”) and then imagine what kind of business would follow.

• Output - Consider an outcome (like being able to buy custom accent pieces)

• Input - Consider what you have to start with (like business data) and what you could do with it.

For example, if I run this exercise (please don’t hate me if they suck it’s just a starting point!):

Start with Name:

• Chop - Build a library of professional or community videos that shows aspiring chefs and home cooks proper technique for cutting, seasoning, etc in a tool that’s easy to navigate.. you could start by linking existing YouTube videos.

Start with Output:

• Accentuate - Use a stable diffusion algorithm from Hugging Face to generate ideas for novel accent pieces and connect to craftsmen to generate quotes. This can be generalized to designs only, craftsmen network, etc

Start with Input:

• Lighthouse - A lot of people are building tools to make it possible to chat with their data using GPT and Pinecone. Instead, iterate on that by combing that with more conventional analytics and identifying errors, inconsistencies, and critical points in their data.

There are many more ways to ideate, but in general I find that my best ideas come out when I just let myself think freely and “play” with ideas. I also find it helps to write them down and get in the habit of considering “crazy” thoughts.

Some other starting points: Problems, Existing Solution, Branding, Emotion, Technology, Beliefs, Customers, Strengths / Weaknesses, Passions, Objects, People, etc…

The list is endless, but for me, starting somewhere and listening can be helpful.

I’m new to this journey, so I can’t back up my approach with proof yet, but this is just how I’ve found the ideas that I am personally pursuing.

Look through negative reviews, and find problems you can solve in the subreddit or the problem you are having.

And ask yourself,

1. do enough people face the same problem?

2. can I then monetize a solution?

3. will people pay for the solution?

Rapidly test for an MVP and see how you go

The advice to look for problems in your own life doesn't always work because sometimes your success may be found solving a problem that someone else is having.

The key to doing that is to become extremely observant. Even if you follow all the good advice on here and you can come up with a decent idea to pursue, if you lack this core skill, you will fail and won't understand why.

The best ideas also aren't found in subreddits of people complaining or negative reviews. (No one complained about not having DoorDash before it ever existed)

Don't be in a rush to figure it out now because that's where you make sloppy mistakes, but over the next 3 weeks, try to look at your own world and question why things are the way they are every day. Think through the systematic gears that creates them, the financial incentives of all the parties involved, and how things might be improved.

As you do this, you will become really good at noticing problems no one talks about and inquiring about them.

Here's an example from my own life so you can see what that looks like:

I live in the USA. One day I went to a small African shop to buy some chips that I like. When I walked in, I noticed that the business owner lady was almost falling asleep at the counter and she perked up when me and my wife walked in. We shopped around and left after 10min.
But it got me thinking.
"Why was she almost falling asleep?" Maybe it's because she's bored there.
"She wasn't bored while we were there though?" I guess this means that we were probably the only customers that walked in the past couple of hours.
"Yikes. Does that mean her day is mostly spent sitting in this building by herself for HOURS in the off-chance a customer walks in?" That sounds like a trash way to live if your business isn't busy/popular.
"This seems like a prison of your own making. Why run this small business then?" Maybe it makes enough money to not need a job but not enough to hire employees to run the counter for you.
"Her face didn't scream I am extremely happy and satisfied at all, so what could be done to help this person out caught between those two financial levers: make enough money to survive, but not enough to hire employees to buy time freedom?"

I had found a problem worth solving.

I knew she likely wasn't the only small biz person in this situation, so I started playing around with different ideas of using tech to make her life easier. "What if she could run her entire physical small business shop from the house? So she doesn't HAVE to be here endlessly for hours by herself doing nothing?"

Now granted some of the ideas I came to were bad or hard to do. I ultimately didn't act on this because I don't care about this customer segment or problem.

However, this is a concrete example of what it means to be observant. I did this thinking exercise regularly (~ twice a month) until I eventually landed on a problem I cared about grinding for.

I am also developing my product and to do that I have learned the coding by myself. This is not the first time to build products, and those are not so similar. It seems more than half of the source of motivation comes from what I am doing. Not from what I want to do.

If I could say anything here, it might be better to start something in your mind right now, even if you think it is not what you really want to do. It is quite difficult to find the things you really want to do the most. While doing something, you might get to love it. If not like your consulting work, then you would find the next. It is better not to do anything.

I have a SHIT LOAD of ideas and virtually no one to build them.

For context, I own 2 profitable SaaS companies (Loup & Median) which combine are worth about $4 million dollars.

👆🏼 That is the douchiest line I have ever typed but I am telling it to you because "I think" it validates I am not a bull shitter and might have a few good ideas.

Here are some ideas I would LOVE for you to build
(NOTE: I might build these so I am not going to give you too much context)

1.) Build me a tool that allows me to write and publish 1,000 blog posts in 60 minutes or less
2.) I want a tool that auto emails every person who hits my site WITHOUT asking for an email (Yes, it's possible)
3.) I send 250 to 500 cold emails a day. I want a tool to increase my open rates.
4.) Figure out a way to send personalized videos at scale

I have about 10 other ideas but these are top of mind.

If you think you could build one hit me up here

If possible - can you take the path of least resistance vs. hunting elsewhere?

You say you are making good money consulting in web development.

Study what you are being asked to do by clients - by default you are seeing need and need that results in someone making a service purchase.

Is there repeating work, common issues, inefficient work flows?

On an emotional level are you're clients facing a 'pain' that you are often asked to take away via your work?

Are your clients missing a trick/opportunity - if they also built/did X would it help their business in an objective way (save time/money, make more money etc)

Could you wrap any of these things in a service product, playbook and potentiality automate/solve with a SaaS later. Could you make a micro tool to compliment your consulting now?

You might have exhausted these options already - but sometimes we can overlook some opportunity because they seem too simple.

There are 2 things that helped me:

1. Every time you have a minor inconvenience, write it down or think of a solution.

Post office being slow, think of solutions. You stub your toe, think of solutions. Your wifi keeps disconnecting, think of solutions. Some of these might lead to nowhere, but at least they are leads that you can flesh out further.

I also had the problem of never being able to think of ideas or only ideating during brainstorming sessions. Like you said, problems in your own life are better than just brainstorming. Once I started doing this, there was a more constant flow of ideas.

2. Do more things

This might sound dumb, but just go do more things and experience more. When I'm going through a lazy phase, I may just be at home and just watch YouTube and scroll Instagram or something. When this happens, I just never really experience enough problems to find solutions to (other than procrastination or boredom). The more things you do, the more problems you experience, and the more solutions you can create.

I suggest not starting to build anything but identify what you are passionate about. Then start writing about it in a suitable platform. I.e. you have to find the right audience and channel they are in. Once you have 10K+ followers that are engaged with your writing, try to find out a common issue this audience have. Solicit feedback about the subject.

E.g.: I love yellow apples, they are better than reds. What do you think? write me...

If you can identify a common pain, start building in public for the list. See if you can get early sign ups and pre-orders.

Validation is key here.

I can offer some perspective since I literally get paid to come up with ideas (I'm an industrial designer)

In addition to what has been said -

To figure what to solve you need to expose yourself to situations that you are least comfortable in. Secondly, you would need to really put yourself into someone elses shoes - that's what we would call empathy.

Heres some more tips

1. Be genuinely interested into something. Most people who dont have something that they can obsess over, usually procrastinate a lot. If you have a deep passion it makes it easy for you to see parallel worlds. Eg. If you are a guitar player, you can translate that knowledge and emotion to playing drums, writing music, releasing songs, collaborating etc. (All individual fields with unique challenges)

2. Look at your own life and try to constrain your day to day things with unique contexts. This is in some way the act of visualizing what other peoples life looks like. Eg. You wake up and check your emails (no problem) but what if you add rules to that situation - you wake up and check emails but somedays you dont have the bandwidth to do it all. You wake up and check emails but some days you dont know which ones are worth reading first, etc.

3. Future vision. Think of hypothetical scenarios based on whats happening today. Eg. If the apple vision pro is a hit, and so are other VR/AR headsets, what does it mean for humanity? What would we need to build to support spatial computing and go beyond screens? Why are we so tied to screens? These questions will be abstract but will lead you into actual research which you csn rationalize over time.

4. Ask your friends to visualize. Eg. Ask them how would they approach learning a new software. Ask them what they would do in a situation that you are comfortable in say, learning web dev. You will get an array of answers - "ill hire someone", "ill probably ask chatgpt", "ill post online"... but ask them WHY. The why is going to unlock how people think and will give you a broader sense of decision making for people.

5. build your observation skills. Journal or capture moments from your day to day. Eg. Notice how you interact with clients. Is that pretty seamless? What would you wish they did differently, what information would you want to have before you work with clients. Analyze everything and i guarantee you can build that skill over time. Ask Why as much as possible. Why does it happen, why has it not changed etc.

Good luck and happy to answer any questions!

i'm in the same position.... im from italy... well i think the only solution is to join forces :)

Hey mask,

I completely understand your desire to find an idea to pursue. Building your own product and being a solo entrepreneur is an exciting goal. It's great that you're seeking advice on how to get started.

Finding the right idea can be a challenge, but there are strategies to explore. Consider your passions, hobbies, and areas of expertise. Talk to people, listen to their needs, and identify potential gaps in the market. Brainstorm ideas and validate them through research.

Remember, not all ideas have to be groundbreaking; sometimes, solving a small problem can lead to a successful business. Stay persistent, be open to feedback, and keep learning from others' experiences.

You're on the right track, and with determination, you'll discover the perfect idea for your venture. Best of luck on your entrepreneurial journey!

I keep an idea list. Even though most of the ideas suck, they keep me going and eventually I find an idea that I want to pursue

Micro SaaS Ideas can come to your rescue. I have been writing this and it's a good starting point to brainstorm SaaS ideas. Trusted by 25K subs.

The irony in the OP's post is that he is complaining from not finding problems around him that could be solved with software.....well, isn't this a problem on its own? :-D
Why not solve this exact problem with software?
I am sure that many people, especially hardcore developers, lack the required cross-discipline knowledge and enough life experience that is required to see the problems around them. Why not build a platform where people with different backgrounds come together to form teams to work on specific problems/projects and maybe offer saas tools to help this process become very smooth?
Let me know if you decided to make it happen ;-)

So after reading the comment look like most people have the same problem, so I will share my tips on this.

I learnt this from Sam Parr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knhs0ioBJfE . He talked about newsletter but it is applicable everywhere else.

If you stuck and have no idea go to forum like website. Here we use reddit.

1. Go to a subreddit that is the most related to you. For example you are good as programmer go to programming subreddit.

2. Find the post that asking question with very good upvotes and good engagement. Understand what problem this guy have and why people upvotes.

3. Find the comment with highest upvote. Read and understand what make these people comment and engage.

From here you will find what people like to engage which mostly is some kind of problem etc. And there will be you honey pot of idea. Of course some problem here hard to solve but you will have idea on what to do.

There is an entire article about how to mine idea from reddit so here you go : https://medium.com/@muhdazharali98/struggling-for-idea-heres-how-to-extract-ideas-from-reddit-e36bc72275a0

I'm a mobile & backend developer and I am in the same boat as you.

I decided to make a post about my discovery. I listed few methods to start with.
Here is my response to this post: Avoid the grave with these starting methods.

Thanks for the post. I am kinda in the same situation. Now I can browse advices. :)

" I'm dying to find an idea to pursue "

how about:
stop "dying".

I mean it literally: solve "death".

I Don't care how you do it: AI, voodoo, zombieland ... you choose the solution domain.
Death is a huuuge problem, the TAM is humongous: every "still breathing" human.

Sure you could build some insignificant web app nobody really cares about,
or jump into the "AI-everything" hot trend of the day,
but if you want to make something that will make a dent into the time-space continuum,
this is something that might ...

Good luck!

This is going to sound very generic but it's because it rings true: build what you're passionate about. It won't ever feel like work.

I, myself, am a coffee enthusiast, and resigned from a good-paying job so I can pursue what I truly love. Which is coffee. So I started my own super small neighborhood coffee shop, and while the earnings isn't as big as what I used to earn, I can say all the hardship is worth it.

BUT that's just me.

In your case, you mentioned you love to build things. You could list your top 10 things that you're passionate about. And then narrow the list down as much as you can until maybe you have 3. From there, just join communities around those 3 things you're passionate about, dive deep into their pain points, and see what you can build. Often times you don't need to build something brand new but rather innovate on existing products that could use some improvements and package it to your branding.

Try building a product and you will get many ideas. For example i created my blog and enabled basic analytics given by the service provider. They don't retain the logs beyond 72hrs. So i tried google analytics but was overwhelmed by its interface, tried few more with one issue or other so decided to build my own.While building it i realized that the the same product can be useful for my product analytics as well so if i really want i can spin it into 2 products and it carries on as you work.

If you are consulting its even better because you are getting paid to solve a problem which your clients feel worthwhile to pay. See if you can spin it into new product and pitch in to your other clients or find clients with similar needs.

If you are active on twitter you can often find people complaining about their problems see if you can solve any of them.

Keep track of observations you make in your field as you go along. For each observation, note down why you think the observation is true (or why it exists as it does at that moment). For example, the state of the art of web dev is React. This is because it

1. Is open-source and has a large company backing it (Meta)
2. Popularized a new paradigm which was more effective in maintaining large applications (components, virtual dom, declarative programming)
3. Spawned an ecosystem of tools, libraries and frameworks which lowered the barrier to entry and supported niche use cases.
   Then you can ask yourself questions like "Was it coincidence or an inevitability that it turned out this way?", "How can this be improved?", and so on.

But, it all starts with observation. As long as you are intentional about paying attention to the world around you, you will definitely find worthwhile ideas to pursue.

The project I’m currently working on was started because my wife kept complaining about the problem in her own work. It happened to be something I knew I could fix with software so that helped, but on the flip side it’s niche and incredibly simple. Solutions don’t have to be complex to be valuable.

for me i get some pleasure from building toy things so i'm ready for when a real idea arrives.

I know, I know. Just look for problems in your own life and fix them. But I don't know of any problems in my life that can be fixed by software. I'm sure they exist, but I'm somehow blind to them.

Have you dug into either of these resources?

• https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-to-brainstorm-great-business-ideas-ab51c3d51c

• https://stackingthebricks.com/

I exactly know this feeling. I created a little directory that contains super detailed side project ideas that might help: https://bubble.io/template/side-project-directory--list-1689595395469x828304648228044800

This has worked for me.

1. Clear your mind in any way that works for you (I meditate and do breathing exercises)
2. When your mind is clear, you "ask" for an idea or an inspiration for an idea. You can think of it as asking the universe, infinite intelligence, yourself, God, whatever explanation works for you.
3. Feel that you already possess and embody the state which you're after.

These are some of the principles from the law of attraction used by many many successful people in one way or another. Look it up!

1. I think keeping your desire to start your own SaaS top of mind throughout your daily life can allow you to see potential opportunities and has been helpful for me.

2. Another thing to consider, which may seem counter-productive is to stop looking for an idea and let your subconscious do some work for you. Sometimes stepping away from something for a while can be helpful and provide you with new perspective when you return to it.

3. Are there any apps that you currently use that could be better?

4. Maybe you could create an app that helps you brainstorm app ideas?

Hey @mask, my team and I build a survey engine, and we're looking to get our surveys in front of as many people as possible. We're hoping to get partners on board building their own apps and websites, which can be a very profitable start for a business. We're hoping to find partners like you. Any interest in chatting?

If so, you (or anyone reading this) can reach out to [email protected]

Hey mask I got your pain, am also searching for something like this let's connect and explore together. My IG thatdumbcoder

I feel the same. Non-technical individual here. I have been doing the following:

1. Keep eyes open for problems I or other people have
2. Think about my skills and what I need to solve those problems
3. Think about whether I would enjoy working on that problem
   Keep us updated on your progress.

Ok, I see this post is getting alot of attention here, and many are saying find a problem in your life to solve. I have not been on here long but this seems to be a recurring issue and answer. I myself have found the opposite problem, I have so many ideas of things to build but cant build them. The reason for that is , that I have a different backround than most here. I have worked in skilled trades my entire life and see many problems that can be solved by software. I have joined here and other places to find the resources i need to start building these tools. I guess what i am getting at here is, if you are looking for problems to solve and have the freedom to do so (you are currently doing freelance work to pay bills) get a basic job in manufacturing or something similar and you will find a never ending flow of problems that need solved. Reading posts here and other sites as well as listening to podcasts, I see alot of startups aimed at other startups or social issues while the small manufacturing startup companies are struggling to find answers to their problems.

Again this may not be helpful to a lot of you but after reading so many posts like this, I thought it was necessary to share my thoughts.

There are a lot of helpful comments, here is what I was experiencing while I was in the same boat.

1. Look for problems that you have faced in your daily life - it can be a delivery delay, could be didn't able to send 100 personalized emails, or anything, can't able to generate accurate prompts for GPT or MJ
2. Don't jump on to a solution instead look if there is anyone building that
3. Make a list of problems that you face (a) which is already in process for a solution (b) yet to be worked on
4. Approach the team in 3. an in the above - and voila now you have a problem and a team to solve that

Other than the above, you can ask the community
I am now working on an AI platform and a low code developer-first platform for integrations of Saas applications. I am open for co-building

I'd bet that, whether or not TikTok gets banned, there'll be a market for an AI tool that imports the people you follow on TikTok and finds Instagram accounts that are likely made by the same person.

I was in the same position for a long time, and often had very incomplete ideas (10-20% fleshed out) as a fleeting thought. These were forgotten within minutes.

I started keeping a pen and notepad handy to jot down any ideas and draw a very basic UI covering core features. I thought at the very least now I wouldn't forget the idea.

The ideas become much more complete over time. I'll often now have an "a-ha" moment for these old ideas, whether it be a pricing strategy, more complete feature-set, or a directional pivot. Since the idea was jotted down, I can flip back to that page and add to it until it starts looking like an actual product.

If i was you a developer or programmer and where i spare my time in listening podcast and read books, here i would have made my own app to generate text from images, and probably convert directly to audios, to release as my own motivational content for other podcast listeners. Where i would share the content from the book to the listeners and give my own feedback" like hey guyz!! Recently i finished this book and look what i found...

There are hundreds of apps like this, but this could be made special with some brainstorming ideas or eventually directly converting the text-to-audio-multilanguage-or-generate-video from text or animation from text.

If i was you, i might have released many apps such as my own 1st digital calculator i made, my 1st web profile i made, i would have made an existence in eyes of my own developers community.

If I was you, i would have been an instructor or free mentor or free lecturer or just show them the right path to go ahead in developers career.

I'll tell you my story:

A few months ago I was at the same point as you. I'm a business student and I couldn't find any motivation at uni. I wanted to start something as a solopreneur but I had no idea or development knowledge to start in software.

What I did was start a blog with a newsletter where I share info for entrepreneurs/ I don't have any Saas ideas to offer. But I'm thinking of creating a strong community. In the long term, when I finish my studies, I will have the distribution channels for my product.

Regarding the idea, I believe that by creating a community and being active in it, problems that I can solve will arise, there I will be able to create products and iterate until I find PMF.

Copy the typical ideas that have been done before but do it your way.

I'm in the exact same boat — I've found that actively looking for ideas often makes them run farther away from you, as you keep searching for that perfect make-all solution to solve that internal need.

1 strategy I've tried to use is to have at least one other project "going on" at the same time, so that at least I don't end up doing absolutely nothing in the waiting period.

Sometimes you just need to talk to more people with different backgrounds in other fields, and I know too many people in places like the Bay Area and such have homogenized their work lives. But a lot of the interesting and pending issues are often outside of your own field. Not surprisingly, engineers and developers themselves will solve their own problems with tools and products first, so that's where the most code gets made. But there may be niche opportunities to be tapped in other areas, for merchants, creators, traditional laborers, salespeople, and so on. These people often see the problem, but don't realize that it can be solved with technology. Good luck finding ideas that interest you soon!

I'm not a developer, but everything about this community resonates with me. Maybe instead of telling yourself that your goal is "solopreneur or bust", there is some way to find a partner who is also interested in keeping it indie. It's much easier said than done - I know this community can tire of non-technical folks trying to sell pipe dreams to anyone who can code. But it can be a stepping stone, a way to start working on something.

Don't look for problems yet. Look for fresh perspectives and the problems will start to become obvious.

Build a consultant firm, and learn the ins and outs of it. Learn how you could scale the current operation you already have. How easy would be for you to get another client and allocate that work for a margin to another dev?

You are looking out for coding problems to become a better dev imho and not to build a businesses.

Find something niche and users are having problems with

Full disclosure, I am still building, but, I find the idea part of Pieter Level's talk, How to Build a Startup Without Funding to have the essential points behind creating ideas. I can't post links yet, but it is available on YouTube.

What he suggests that I would generally agree with is to do things that are unique and original. This allows us to see new problems.

The most recent episode of the podcast, #283, had a somewhat parallel message at times. There are tons of repos on GitHub solving tech problems; outside of tech there may be many more opportunities, especially low-hanging fruit.

It's usually a good idea to build in a space that you know. What type of consulting work do you do?

Couple possible paths. As a web developer I'd reach out to your past clients who know you and presumably really like the work you've done with them. I'd ask them what are some of their biggest current challenges and see if that sparks any ideas for you. If it does, whammo a built in potential customer. If that doesn't appeal my second idea is I'd sit down w/ a cup of coffee, clear mind and 1-2 dozen index cards & golf pencil. I'd then take 15 minutes to jam on writing down any biz idea that pops in your head, one per card. During the second 15 minutes I'd write down what is the price range you think each idea would sell for on each of those individual cards, including margins, one time revenue, recurring annually, monthly, etc. Then for the third 15 minutes I'd consider who the main buyers would be, their profiles, job positions and personal attributes, etc. During the last 15 minutes of the hour I'd rank order them most fav to least. I'd then start working on the #1 idea giving yourself a 30 day timeline to generate early revenue. (Since 1989 I've built nine NewCos each cashflow positive in under 90 days, just as a reference)

Get a job. You'll have a handful of ideas within the first month.

We just chose our interest first. What we did and work is I and my co-founder find the hobby we like together. It came up with reading books. So we look in the bigger picture which reading books falls into personal development industry. After that we find the problem in the industry by

• reaching out my friends and colleagues over 100 people to ask about their struggles and challenges
• also reach out strangers from Linkedin. At first, a bit shy but after 10 people. It would be normal. 😂

After we did research and interview a lot, we see the pattern of problem. Then, we brainstorm the solution to solve those.

Cheer up 🤜🤛. It would not be easy in this startup journey, but I guarantee it'd be worth it!

As someone in a similar situation, you should just keep a list of ideas and start building small ideas before building bigger and bigger ideas and eventually you will either find a working product or a problem that you can then build a solution for!

You don't have ideas because you don't try new things. Just by starting and recreating an existing business you'll probably encounter an idea or two.

To be honest I work as a product manager and want to create a new product by myself out of work. But I have the same problem

hi, glad to see the post.

first of all, I, myself was litterally like you. my work was boring, so i chased just money.
so i started trading, coins. but i wasn happy. i couldnt feel like that way.

after that, i decided to move myself to uncomfortable zone. quit my work, and met people - i went in to real-world. and that worked.

now im building my own product alone. but my life become more dynamic.

i know that im not a person who can advice to others, but if you dont mind, please remember. "go in to uncomfortable zone!"

I have few idea and I'm learning on Udemy to build front end of angular and backend I'm using aws serverless which is API gateway, lambda and dynamoDB.

If you ok, can ping in telegram @ engkeen

We see if we can do something.

Hey @mask, I'm a growth professional with over 10 years of experience in tech and an ex-entrepreneur. What I'll do is to decide where you'd like to look at first. Then, join groups or read software reviews and gather as much insight as possible.

For instance, you'd like to build a Hubspot app. Check what is already in the market, look at Hubspot and Hubspot apps' reviews, join groups or talk with Hubspot affliate agency owners. Start with the market in mind, and focus on the problems there.

Of course, you can start with a problem of yours or those around you; but I think there is a lower chance to find a lucrative business idea from that.

I have a couple of micro SaaS ideas that I've been putting some thought and research on. Why don't we connect on LinkedIn? We may have some similar synergies. :)

I'd suggest to focus on stuff that has communities built around it, e.g. movies - the /r/movies subreddit has more than 30 milion people on it, there are many websites and services for it, APIs, etc.

In those communities people talk about the subject all the time, the good and the bad things, their needs, and usually they are very likely to support someone who is trying to do something for the community - being it feedback or even money.

My example was on movies, but can be finance, coffee making, animes, drawing, anything.

You should relax your mind, stay present, and like an artist look for creative ideas in your life or your friends, your users, and other channels

I thinkinkg teaming up with someone can help ! I am on the same boat .... like i have ideas but not a tech person ! Let me know if you need any help for that, we can discuss it !

I was in the same boat. But then recently i came across crunch base. A company which provides data of recently funded startups. I love tracking startups. So I am now building a cheaper solution to the same.

You may think to work together with someone (if you like their idea). Btw I'm in a big need of another pair of hands for my startup. What's your qualification?

In fact, there is another way, you can try to cooperate with people first, and in the process, slowly find the product you want to build

I am working to fix something that annoys me the most, but I have the domain knowledge of the field.

May be look for a problem from your domain that you are unhappy with. Something that can be made better, improved, made faster, made more user friendly, more efficient.

Start writing an ideas list. Don't do any editing of it at first, even if you think the idea is silly keep it (you can always alter it later, or maybe find inspiration from it!). Every time you're inconvenienced by something in life, write it down. Also, maybe think of some solutions for problems you encounter with consulting. Do you need a better platform for it? Do you struggle to connect with customers? Any of these types of issues could be fixed with a solution, so write it down! When you find a solution you love, go for it! See what you can do to fix the problem, do your due diligence, and make it happen! Best of luck!

Would you be interested in co-founding a startup? One already underway but in need of a CTO… if the idea excites you.

Like someone already mentioned, you can go to the app store or a marketplace and find a niche/area/category you're interested in/passionate about/don't mind spending time building an app for, and look at the reviews left by users and see their pain points and see if you can build a better version with better execution.

I'm looking to onboard a second developer for my project, YallFin. The main idea is that it will be marketed to high schools and colleges (sold institutionally) for students to read curated articles pertaining to their interest. I'm using AI to write the articles (to eliminate bias) and one key function of the service is that it underlines words (think of how wikipedia does it) so the reader can actively read to learn. This is news designed to educated and challenge existing paradigms. Email me [email protected] if you are interested to learn more about it!

Hello @Mask. I have an e-commerce website I started working on with another developer but his personal life became busy and he left the project with me unfinished. We were almost done building the MVP. Please message me if you are interested in knowing more.

This may sound ridiculous, but you just need to build something - it can literally be anything. What I've found personally is that building something usually leads to you running into issues in the process, which lead to ideas for helpful things you can build. Also, marketing is the tough part (I used to think building was) and so, building something will quickly help you learn to identify the types of marketing skills you need to develop.

If I can't find myself an idea to pursue for the moment, then I'd either help others with their ideas or team up with like-minded people and brainstorm☺️