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Ask HN: What's your biggest daily pain + how much would you pay for a solution?

3 points by sutas 12y ago

Bonus points: why existing solutions (if any) are bad?

rubiquity 12y ago
Why not be more up front and name your post this instead: "I'm looking for a business idea and I want you to do all of the work for me."
- sutas 12y ago
  Because I want an unbiased view of problems other people have which I would never think of myself (working on own problems for very long puts you in a "box"). In addition, I agree with this view: https://medium.com/the-1-blog-series/ideas-are-cheap-execution-is-worth-millions-e203efbcaa49 https://medium.com/the-1-blog-series/ideas-are-cheap-executi...
  - jf22 12y ago
    Just search twitter, quora or google for "I hate when", "its annoying when", "suck that I have", etc etc. Are you taking a class right now? There is a couple bootcampy type things which always talk about finding the pain point.
    - sutas 12y ago
      Will check their online lectures, thanks for a pointer! Any other ideas?
coralreef 12y ago
My biggest pain is not being able to come up with good business ideas. I don't know how much I'd pay to get good ideas and research done for me.
- sutas 12y ago
  Tell me about it :) Basing on your previous approach (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8408234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8408234) I assume this is not sarcasm. What have you tried so far? I really liked jf22's constructive reply.
  - coralreef 12y ago
    I haven't tried anything new as of yet. I'm thinking I probably need to get a job doing something, but I've become quite comfortable not having to wake up and commute to an office the last 3 years. I know my comfort is actually complacency. I've seen the "ask people what they hate" strategy. Sure you get some tidbits of data, but I think its rare you'll find your next big startup out of that.
    - sutas 12y ago
      This one worked quite nicely: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8721379 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8721379
      - coralreef 12y ago
        What worked nicely?
v_ignatyev 12y ago
My daily pain is that I don't know what to fund with $100 to get $1000 profit. But I don't have $1M to fund things I want to.
- sutas 12y ago
  Depending how fast you want the return and on your risk profile: market investment, Bitcoin speculation? I myself invested ~100USD in early days and now have >2000% return. Also, I think the best investment you can make overall (i.e. biggest and fastest payoff) is in self-education.

3 points by sutas 12y ago

Bonus points: why existing solutions (if any) are bad?

Why not be more up front and name your post this instead: "I'm looking for a business idea and I want you to do all of the work for me."

sutas 12y ago
Because I want an unbiased view of problems other people have which I would never think of myself (working on own problems for very long puts you in a "box"). In addition, I agree with this view: https://medium.com/the-1-blog-series/ideas-are-cheap-execution-is-worth-millions-e203efbcaa49 https://medium.com/the-1-blog-series/ideas-are-cheap-executi...
- jf22 12y ago
  Just search twitter, quora or google for "I hate when", "its annoying when", "suck that I have", etc etc. Are you taking a class right now? There is a couple bootcampy type things which always talk about finding the pain point.
  - sutas 12y ago
    Will check their online lectures, thanks for a pointer! Any other ideas?

coralreef 12y ago

My biggest pain is not being able to come up with good business ideas. I don't know how much I'd pay to get good ideas and research done for me.

sutas 12y ago
Tell me about it :) Basing on your previous approach (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8408234 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8408234) I assume this is not sarcasm. What have you tried so far? I really liked jf22's constructive reply.
- coralreef 12y ago
  I haven't tried anything new as of yet. I'm thinking I probably need to get a job doing something, but I've become quite comfortable not having to wake up and commute to an office the last 3 years. I know my comfort is actually complacency. I've seen the "ask people what they hate" strategy. Sure you get some tidbits of data, but I think its rare you'll find your next big startup out of that.
  - sutas 12y ago
    This one worked quite nicely: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8721379 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8721379
    - coralreef 12y ago
      What worked nicely?

v_ignatyev 12y ago

My daily pain is that I don't know what to fund with $100 to get $1000 profit. But I don't have $1M to fund things I want to.

sutas 12y ago
Depending how fast you want the return and on your risk profile: market investment, Bitcoin speculation? I myself invested ~100USD in early days and now have >2000% return. Also, I think the best investment you can make overall (i.e. biggest and fastest payoff) is in self-education.