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My guess is that it could be a supply and demand problem — I bet that for almost any niche you can think of there could be a mobile app (or even dozens of apps)
by michaelpinto 15y ago
My guess is that it could be a supply and demand problem — I bet that for almost any niche you can think of there could be a mobile app (or even dozens of apps). So do a test: Come up with the ten most niche ideas you can for a mobile app, google them and see if there are any results.
- anujkk 15y agoI didn't get your point. Are you trying to say there is more supply of ideas than demand? or vice versa? I believe there are many unshared and undiscovered ideas to share with people and there are many hackers who are looking for new ideas/problems to solve. It's just that there isn't a proper tool to do it which both idea sharers and idea searchers feel excited to use.
- michaelpinto 15y agoHonestly yes I do see a ton of bad ideas, way too many "solutions looking for problems". If you're looking for a problem to solve find some existing software that's terrible (and there's a ton of it) and figure out how to make something much better. Often these are overlooked areas hat are in front of your nose. For example back in the day your database wouldn't have listed a social media website for a youth market because MySpace was out -- so Facebook by that way of thinking wouldn't have happened. Same with other success stories: Why do an iPod when there were already MP3 players on the market? Also I think part of the problem is that there's so much venture capital that many of the obvious problem areas are over covered. I'd also add to this the following: Software isn't about "having an idea" so much as the execution. The idea that software is about an idea always seems to be promoted by non-tech types who don't make software (usually MBAs or lawyers who are frustrated because they can't express their creativity).