You just need to practice. Don't worry about making money in the beginning, just about making something people will like. I once was at a place where i couldn'

You just need to practice. Don't worry about making money in the beginning, just about making something people will like. I once was at a place where i couldn't really think of anything but i constantly pushed myself and worked hard to try to spot opportunities; which can either be "unmet needs" or more commonly needs that are poorly met. Anytime you are using an app that makes you do more work than you need to, you have a side-project idea right there. The key is not to think-up an idea, but to notice opportunities. Here are some of my ideas that you can play with if you like: Grouper for Founders - will probably make business networking easier and a bit more fun (Goal: meet 3 founders every week) A hosted crowd-funding campaign builder - think of selfstarter.us for people who don't know how to code. Like a kickstarter that you can host on your own domain. (apparently crowdtilt is already working on this but that shouldn't stop you or me or anyone) Blog Comment Platform - disquss is good but there is a lot of room for improvement. Something that works like HN comments would be ideal. Project Management for Individuals - Basecamp can do this built it was designed for teams i would really love one designed for individuals and i am building one as my side project. You can do this too. A Blogging platform that provides a pre-existing audience - I had this idea before quora released quora blogs but as quora doesn't allow you to use your own domain name, there is a great opportunity here. A habit Tracker - most apps that help you keep track of the habits you want to form are decent at best. Make a better one. Life Tracker - this was inspired by a blog-post by Dustin Curtis (on his original blog dcurt.is) that has since been taken down. It's basically an app that will help you keep track of how much time you have left to live based on your life expectancy, how much you have lived, what you have accomplished and what you still hope to accomplish with the time you have left. A twitter for video - yes it sounds stupid but keek.com is becoming popular; go figure.