The advice people tend to give to build a successful startup is to solve problems you encounter yourself. But how do I come up with marketable solutions if I'm already an expert in solving problems in my own manner?
Ask HN: How to find solvable problems if you're a great problem-solver?
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Re: Ask HN: How to find solvable problems if you're a great problem-solver?
#2What you're saying is you've solved problems that other people can't solve themselves... isn't that the basis for almost any startup?
Re: Ask HN: How to find solvable problems if you're a great problem-solver?
#3What you're saying is you've solved problems that other people can't solve themselves... isn't that the basis for almost any startup?
Yes, it is. But I can't recognise my own problems anymore, because I've become so good at solving them myself.
Re: Ask HN: How to find solvable problems if you're a great problem-solver?
#4What you're saying is you've solved problems that other people can't solve themselves... isn't that the basis for almost any startup?
Yes, it is. But I can't recognise my own problems anymore, because I've become so good at solving them myself.
If you no longer have any more problems at all, sounds like you are either the next generation of humankind or you aren't pushing things enough. I suspect it's the latter.
Re: Ask HN: How to find solvable problems if you're a great problem-solver?
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, it is. But I can't recognise my own problems anymore, because I've become so good at solving them myself.
If you no longer have any more problems at all , sounds like you are either the next generation of humankind or you aren't pushing things enough. I suspect it's the latter.
I'm talking about practical/technical problems of course.
Re: Ask HN: How to find solvable problems if you're a great problem-solver?
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Re: Ask HN: How to find solvable problems if you're a great problem-solver?
#7What you're saying is you've solved problems that other people can't solve themselves... isn't that the basis for almost any startup?
Yes, it is. But I can't recognise my own problems anymore, because I've become so good at solving them myself.
Now that's just pretentious and not true.
Re: Ask HN: How to find solvable problems if you're a great problem-solver?
#8Every time you run into a problem or think that something might be neat, write it down. I started doing this a year ago and haven't run short of ideas I'm passionate about since.
Re: Ask HN: How to find solvable problems if you're a great problem-solver?
#9Every time you run into a problem or think that something might be neat, write it down. I started doing this a year ago and haven't run short of ideas I'm passionate about since.
That's a great idea. It just seems that every problem I run into has already been solved.