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Your question is "how to create a successful startup" then. Successful startups create something that people want (product-market fit). How do you create some

• yetihehe 5y ago
  > How do you create something people want? First identify what people actually want, then create that. > Solve problems in your own life I have several problems, which people don't really care about. > or solve problems that you think about a lot, have some expertise in, etc. This is orthogonal to what people actually want.
  • scottiebarnes 5y ago
    > First identify what people actually want, then create that. In practice, identifying what people want is the least simplest thing. Building software is generally easy, but discovering product-market fit is the hard part. You start with your own problems because it is likely other people face the same problems as you. Even obscure problems have may have profitable, sizable markets. But if you try imagining problems that other people have but that you don't have, then you may be too distant from the problem to adequately find a fit. ie. building an instagram marketing SaaS tool when you've never done instagram marketing Identifying what people want is a process, and the highest probability of success is starting with some problem you are close to.