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		By: Dekker Fraser		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dekker Fraser]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nice suggestion on the &quot;how do I&quot; Reddit search.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice suggestion on the &#8220;how do I&#8221; Reddit search.</p>
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		By: Sai P		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sai P]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2020 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great to see different insights and experiences here! I have seen successful failures with most of my projects since last few years except &#039;How&#039;s It Like&#039; - www.howsitlike.com which is doing great! ;) This took me back to the first step of understanding if I&#039;m looking at the right problem at all that needs a solution. Often, I found majority of the products are solving something that is not actually broken and not worth fixing it.

I built https://probstack.io for the exact same reason. To help inspire makers for their next startup idea and validate even before writing a single line of code.

I&#039;d love to hear your feedback and suggestions on this to grow this community together with all of you!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great to see different insights and experiences here! I have seen successful failures with most of my projects since last few years except &#8216;How&#8217;s It Like&#8217; &#8211; <a href="http://www.howsitlike.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.howsitlike.com</a> which is doing great! 😉 This took me back to the first step of understanding if I&#8217;m looking at the right problem at all that needs a solution. Often, I found majority of the products are solving something that is not actually broken and not worth fixing it.</p>
<p>I built <a href="https://probstack.io" rel="nofollow ugc">https://probstack.io</a> for the exact same reason. To help inspire makers for their next startup idea and validate even before writing a single line of code.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d love to hear your feedback and suggestions on this to grow this community together with all of you!</p>
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		By: Dat		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2019 00:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nicee post. Thanks, Alex.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nicee post. Thanks, Alex.</p>
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		By: Marius		</title>
		<link>https://www.groovehq.com/blog/friday-qa-february-26-2016#comment-2043</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marius]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 23:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thank you Alex!]]></description>
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		By: Daniel Lang		</title>
		<link>https://www.groovehq.com/blog/friday-qa-february-26-2016#comment-4208</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Lang]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t know yet how well this approach actually works since I haven&#039;t actively used it to source business ideas (it&#039;s time consuming), but here it goes:

Instead of trying to look for problems and potential solutions, you should rather pick the target audience first. The thing is, let&#039;s say you found a problem worth solving where your target customers are real estate brokers based on your personal experience of buying a home. Now if you want to solve that problem and build a business around it, you will have to immerse yourself fully into the &quot;real estate broker community&quot; for many years to come. If you don&#039;t genuinely like these kind of folks, going to their conferences and meetups, reading their blogs and books and networking with their influencers will be a major pain in the ass and you won&#039;t be able to make it through the inevitable dips along the way.

So maybe find an audience / target customer first (vetting them along criteria like purchasing power, reachability with marketing, etc) and then deeply immerse yourself into that community in order to find their pain points. Also, as a bootstrapper, I would look for flaws and weaknesses in solution they already pay for, so that you know that they indeed have a problem that&#039;s worth $$ to them.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know yet how well this approach actually works since I haven&#8217;t actively used it to source business ideas (it&#8217;s time consuming), but here it goes:</p>
<p>Instead of trying to look for problems and potential solutions, you should rather pick the target audience first. The thing is, let&#8217;s say you found a problem worth solving where your target customers are real estate brokers based on your personal experience of buying a home. Now if you want to solve that problem and build a business around it, you will have to immerse yourself fully into the &#8220;real estate broker community&#8221; for many years to come. If you don&#8217;t genuinely like these kind of folks, going to their conferences and meetups, reading their blogs and books and networking with their influencers will be a major pain in the ass and you won&#8217;t be able to make it through the inevitable dips along the way.</p>
<p>So maybe find an audience / target customer first (vetting them along criteria like purchasing power, reachability with marketing, etc) and then deeply immerse yourself into that community in order to find their pain points. Also, as a bootstrapper, I would look for flaws and weaknesses in solution they already pay for, so that you know that they indeed have a problem that&#8217;s worth $$ to them.</p>
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		By: Stuart		</title>
		<link>https://www.groovehq.com/blog/friday-qa-february-26-2016#comment-4209</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hey Alex - great post.  I&#039;ve found that sourcing ideas from competitors or leaders in the space using Buzzsumo is really helpful.  They have a tool where you can analyze the web for keywords or topics which is also great.  Any tips for finding and connecting with influencers once you have a promising topic?  Thanks for sharing your insights!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Alex &#8211; great post.  I&#8217;ve found that sourcing ideas from competitors or leaders in the space using Buzzsumo is really helpful.  They have a tool where you can analyze the web for keywords or topics which is also great.  Any tips for finding and connecting with influencers once you have a promising topic?  Thanks for sharing your insights!</p>
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		By: Vaibhav		</title>
		<link>https://www.groovehq.com/blog/friday-qa-february-26-2016#comment-4211</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vaibhav]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am working on an idea that will solve a problem. My problem: It is a tech solution and I do not know coding. I figured out I must have a tech co-founder, but that is nearly impossible to find someone equally passionate about solving this problem. I think getting an angel investor in this venture will help me hire the talent and make it a reality. My question to you: Are my thoughts in the right direction? How will I get an angel to invest in it?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am working on an idea that will solve a problem. My problem: It is a tech solution and I do not know coding. I figured out I must have a tech co-founder, but that is nearly impossible to find someone equally passionate about solving this problem. I think getting an angel investor in this venture will help me hire the talent and make it a reality. My question to you: Are my thoughts in the right direction? How will I get an angel to invest in it?</p>
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