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by Retailer 2201 days ago
1) Pick a problem, look at existing solutions and think if it's possible to slim any of them down (to the basics) and charge a lower fee for it. An analogy would be that people only use a small set of features in MS Word but new versions are released and then you have to pay a heftier amount for that newer version.

2) Since you're in tech/software, are there any problems that multiple friends/family members have asked you to solve for them? Can you write software for that?

3) Keep an eye out for news outside of the US/Europe. Are there common problems that people in those other locations are having? Can you automate or solve any of them.

All of the above (and more) is what led to our building - RetailingPlatform - https://retailingplatform.com