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Sharing Problems & Building

[Syel @syelleys]

How to Find a Problem 101 🚨

1️⃣ Think of 5 things that annoy you

- A service you can’t find (or exists but could be optimized)
- A product you wish existed

🔹 Bonus: Repeat this step with friends, family, and coworkers. They might reveal problems you haven’t even considered.

2️⃣ Read bad app reviews 📱

- Go to the App Store or Google Play
- Pick apps you use
- Read 1-star reviews

That’s literally people telling you how to build a better app than the one that exists.

3️⃣ Read bad product reviews on Amazon 🛒

If you’re thinking about creating a physical product:

- Look up similar products
- Read what people are complaining about
- Find common issues → That’s your gap in the market!

4️⃣ Check Reddit 🔍

Find communities around niches you’re interested in.

Look them up based on content flairs.

Example: Hiring Community

- If there’s a flair that says “How do I” and you see 100+ posts about job applicants getting ghosted, that means:

✅ There’s enough demand for a solution
✅ This is a real problem people need solved

The best problems to solve are the ones people already talk about. You just need to pay attention. 👀

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@maxxmalist AI

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@rpnickson I heard you talk about the rising importance of “the idea guy”, I’m genuinely wondering if such opportunities/jobs already exist? And if someone is trying to get in touch with you about this opportunity, would you be open to receiving applications or doing a trial period?

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@seraleev @levelsio @stripe What are they gonna do? Ban photo editing?

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@rpnickson Make a course, I know the course space doesn't have the best reputation but you put a lot of value in your videos so I'm pretty sure your course will be super valuable if someone's tryna take social media. I could learn a lot from something like that.

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@jspujji @nikitabier Yessss

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No better time to be an idea guy or a problem solver

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@codyschneider Your account gets banned??

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@techdevnotes @grok Diabolical

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@atulit_gaur Let’s also do a duolingo for anything we want to learn not just languages

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@toastiwashere @deedydas +1

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What’s one problem you think hasn’t been solved yet and is waiting on someone to step up and solve it?

I’ll start, Companies posting with no intention to hire

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@deedydas That's so funny tbh

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@wojakcodes Simple

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@igrowsaas @YoniSmolyar Wait a minute 🤦‍♂️

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@yeeeeezos I genuinely believe we need more curators, the amount of people creating the same exact content is insane

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Curator vs Creator? What's the right approach to content nowadays?

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What's the fastest product you have built?

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How many problems can you think of if you just observe your daily life?

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@sporadica People should truly learn from his management skills, I feel like a lot of CEOs could learn a lot honestly