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So what if my biggest problem is determining a valid problem to solve?
by adam419 13y ago
So what if my biggest problem is determining a valid problem to solve?
- jpwagner 13y agothen it must be great to be you
- nostromo 13y agoThat problem can be a business, just like any other. Reference: Eric Ries. My advice is just to pick something and start. You'll probably end up someplace completely different, but you need to start to get there.
- adam419 13y agoYeah well an answer would be to solve problems entrepreneurs have, or "selling shovels" as some might like to say. But it's an interesting conundrum, I don't have any deep or special knowledge of some other field that would allow me to see problems faced in that industry, so going by the advice of solving my own problems translates to solve the problems of starting a business.
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- johnrob 13y agoWhy is that your biggest problem? Why do you need to start a company? I can almost guarantee that the reasons you come up with can be solved with alternatives much easier than starting a company.
- adam419 13y agoI want to build something people value from the ground up and don't foresee myself being happy working for another company any longer.
- johnrob 13y agoBeing a consultant is the first thing that comes to mind. You pick your projects, set your price, and customers tend to appreciate you more than a boss would his employees (outlying companies aside).
- adam419 13y agoI actually agree and thought this originally. But I think it would involve more politics than what I'd feel like putting up with. However I think consulting is a really good business to transition into organically, from simply helping out multiple different organizations then just end up building a career out of it. Plus I think having founded a successful company or two (that's more innovative than not) is a good prerequisite.
- ajiang 13y agoI think there's a really good business in that.