| My suggestion is to keep a notebook with you at all times, and keep track of the following 3 things: # 1. Every time you need to do something, but you don't don't know how to do it. Chances are you aren't the only one who doesn't know how to do it. So once you learn how to do it, write a tutorial and then publish it on the web.
The advantage of writing something soon after you learnt it yourself, is you remember which bits were tricky.
(If you leave it too long, everything becomes obvious in hindsight and so you think what you write is obvious and thus maybe not worth explaining, writing or sharing.) Get some feedback and then sell a premium version of it. # 2. Every time you want to do something but you don't want to do it. Chances are that you aren't the only one who doesn't want to do it, either. It is said, the only things people either pay for are fun, knowledge, time, or safety. So if you have an engineering mindset, you might be inclined to figure out how to automate or outsource this task. Once you have streamlined this for yourself, consider offering this same service to others. #3. Every time a product or service that you already have, frustrates you. Chances are that you aren't the only one with the same frustration. What is the smallest modification you could make to the existing product that would eliminate this frustration. Cloning / reverse-engineering a product for MVP is almost always faster than building a new product out of thin air.
So then build this product and then share it on the web. Get some feedback and if positive, sell an improved version of it. |