| Ultimately it sounds like you're trying to find a gold nugget that's just lying around online that you can start coding up. Even if you could find such a nugget, you'll probably find that 10K people are already executing on it, have traction, VC money and you'd give up. It's what I do and it's an endless loop of teeth grinding. An alternative is to go out and meet people (obviously the last year has been hard), who are NOT like you. I would even say not online, but face to face and try and talk to people and get them to open up. Don't interrogate them (I have this bad habit), but get to know them and generally be interested in their problem space. Don't try and sell! Go to EVERY social event that you are invited to and think will be boring (they will be but it's exposure). Meetups in domains you might be interested in (not tech) but don't know much about. Places where you'd never hang out. Next build something small, that's useful to these people. Don't think that you're going to be a gazillionaire and you have to pick something worthwhile (go big or go home attitude). Expect that you wont make any money or much traction. What it does is expose you to people who will give you suggestion on direction. This is valuable. Learn about the problem domains and why people are operating the way they do. I think you've got it right in your last paragraph, put yourself in a position where you can start learning about other peoples problem. Get out of the building! Cue: You might like this video: (Steve Blank is the father of Customer Discover) Steve Blank: Want Your Startup to Succeed? 'Get Out of the Building'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-J_SwmMJyo Next stop reading "Top X for Y". As you said it's all vague rubbish just to drive ad-revenue. It causes the illusion of action without movement. Start today and good luck! |