I agree. I actually started an Ask: HN thread a while back asking. "What problems in your industry could be a potential startup?" https://news.ycombinator.com

I agree. I actually started an Ask: HN thread a while back asking. "What problems in your industry could be a potential startup?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9799007 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9799007 what I learned from it ended up in this essay: https://medium.com/black-n-white/the-problem-with-problems-47ee63bb3511 https://medium.com/black-n-white/the-problem-with-problems-4... One of the most interesting things is how hard it is for "us" to focus on the problem and not immediately jump to the solution. Today I always ask for problems rather than ideas it's much more useful and allow many more people to participate.