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I think solving familiar problems is a curse of the startup community. Founders go after problems that are familiar, but trivial. Product finder apps for vanishingly narrow segments. Task management. Or my favorite category, startups that are supposed to help startup founders/investors evaluate startup ideas!

My recommendation is that if you're a "technical founder" - a programmer who wants to be CTO - don't look for problems to solve. Look for business partners who already have domain expertise and a problem that they can explain succinctly (so you see the value proposition), and work with them. There's a whole world of people who can see a massive problem that could make money with a good technical solution, but they don't know how to code and don't really know anyone who can code and is willing to help them.