For me, it was an invoice crossing over my desk many years ago. - Questioned it. - Started reading county and city ordinances. - Realized that there was an o

For me, it was an invoice crossing over my desk many years ago. - Questioned it. - Started reading county and city ordinances. - Realized that there was an opportunity. - Confirmed it by making open data requests for the data I needed. - Learned I can't sell for shit even w/ the perfect service/product. Overall, I obtained data from over 20 sources to validate the idea, build the lead list, and attempt to sale the service/product. I'm not happily on v2 of it and have someone who can actually sell, which I'm stoked about! Although I haven't hit success and financial freedom yet w/ this thing, the skills I've gained due to the research, data sourcing, spelunking of the data, and attempting to be a salesman has lead me to many other successful projects. Tangent: Products and services serve a need. Find something that makes your curse and make it simpler or something. Cast a wide net of interests and find something that pisses you off and then try and make it not piss you off. Once you do that, see if there's a market for it.