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Does anyone else have the opposite problem? I have plenty of technical skills but can not for the life of me come up with an idea. (I've tried thinking about '

• codazoda 9y ago
  I do the "solve your own problem" all the time. I have a list of "ideas" that I keep in a To-Do list app. I just counted and my idea list is 51 items long. Some of them are simple and some of them are complex. Many people say there's no value in an idea, it's about execution. So, maybe you don't need an idea. Today I head this idea in a podcast... Listen to people's complaints. Do you hear the same complaint from multiple people? That's probably a good problem to solve. Here are some idea's from my list; I doubt they will resonate, but maybe they'll get you started. Simple Stat Recorder - Think Google Analytics (complex) meets the old school web page counter (simple). Omniture and Google have proven there's money here. Independent Music Site - There was a site called Aimee Street that did this well. Tracks started free and then went up in price as they were purchased. Amazon bought it and shut it down. I miss it. Search Netflix by Rating - A personal one; I want to search by rating such as NR, R, MA, PG-13, etc. I can't be the only one. Now, go build something.
• aregsarkissian 9y ago
  Don't try to come up with an idea. Instead find a group of people that are into something(preferably something you are into as well) see if they have any problems or friction with the thing they are into. Try to offer them a solution for their problem. If they start to eagerly use your solution, try to generalize your solution for larger and larger groups of people.