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3d ago

Not startup ideas, real problems.

ProblemHunt is a new experiment: instead of guessing what to build, get direct access to real problem interviews with your target audience.

Here's how it works:

  1. We pick a specific target group e.g. "handymen in the US," "relocators to Europe," "insurance agents."

  2. We run "problem interviews" with them 5-8 questions to uncover what's actually bothering them.

  3. We package 50-100 of these interviews per target group into a single publication real answers, real pain points, no guesswork.

7d ago

⚡️ 2 New Problems to Build a Startup:

  1. USA: Fake negative reviews from people who were never customers are appearing on Google Business. Extortionists offer to remove them for money. Google won't help. Need a real solution.

  2. Vietnam: New SaaS projects require weeks of infrastructure setup. Existing templates don't work. Need a solid foundation. Willing to pay $100 150 one time.

10mo ago

How I spent ten years on 18 projects to understand the fundamental rule of startups

My journey in startups began 10 years ago, and I've launched 18 startups, most of which failed. Briefly on why they failed:
1. Contract Online my first startup in 2015, which was supposed to be an online service for remote signing of contracts for any transactions between individuals. A kind of analogue of a secure transaction. For this startup, I even managed to attract a business angel who invested $16,500.

Reason for failure: I had two lawyers on my team who discovered in the process that the legal framework at the time could not provide reliable grounds for protecting our users in remote transactions. The contracts would not have been considered legally signed.
2. Natural Products In 2015-2018, I became very passionate about healthy eating, but in the process, I discovered that products in all chain stores are full of chemicals, and stores with truly natural products are inaccessible to the majority. Hence, the idea emerged to create my own online platform where you could order natural products directly from farmers at affordable prices.

Reason for failure: For several years, I tried to launch this project, even trained as a baker of natural bread and tried to create my own farm, but in the process, I found that few people are willing to pay for truly natural products, even if these products were only 20-30% more expensive than market prices, and not 2-3 times more, as in premium stores. Hence, the market was so small that all my attempts were doomed.

7mo ago

Are the best startups built on boring problems?

I came to exactly the same conclusion that real startup ideas often come from simple and boring problems. From my own experience: I spent three years on a startup that was supposed to revolutionize online education, but in the end it had 0 users. Now I ve just started solving a simple problem for home appliance repair technicians and immediately got my first paying users on a very rough MVP.

7mo ago

⚡ 5 New Problems to Build a Startup | ProblemHunt

  1. A 3-year search for a simple tool to track both personal and business finances in one place. Nothing fits.

  2. Website owners constantly need minor edits in the admin panel. They are forced to pay specialists for 5-minute tasks. We need an AI agent that does this on command in the browser.

  3. An indie hacker spends 20-30 hours manually cold launching each new product in directories, Reddit, and blogs. There is no tool that fully automates this and proves its effectiveness.

  4. A freelancer often loses in proposal competitions due to the inability to quickly create personalized and visual website concepts for each job order.

  5. A Telegram channel owner is losing their audience without understanding the reasons for unsubscriptions. There is no simple tool for automatically collecting feedback from departed subscribers.

2mo ago

A new product has emerged that solves a pressing LinkedIn problem. Feedback is needed.

Guys, at the end of March, this problem appeared on ProblemHunt.

Nika @busmark_w_nika, a marketer from Slovakia, came across it. She was dealing with the exact same issue and couldn't find a solution anywhere. In the end, she decided to build a product for herself and even started learning programming. Recently, she published her first Chrome extension that solves her problem. She's now looking for testers. If anyone is interested in her product and would like to help with feedback she would be very grateful. Her Email: businessmarketingwithnika@gmail.com.

1mo ago

How I wish someone had told me this 10 years ago

1. Confirmation bias is the thing that keeps 90% of startups living in the illusion that "it's almost working" for months on end.

4mo ago

Hi builders! 👋 It’s Saturday. What’s your way to relax and recharge?

My way is daily walks and regular meetups with someone s orange cat who also loves walking with us

4mo ago

⚡️ 5 New Problems to Build a Startup | ProblemHunt

Hey, Product Hunt Community
1. Argentina: Students between two provinces depend on unpredictable public transport that regularly causes lateness and missed classes.

2. USA: Voice cloning kills the character of a voice, making it too perfect and lifeless. Need a way to preserve natural imperfections without sacrificing quality.

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