How did you find your startup idea?
Alexandre Schouwey
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André J@sentry_co
Usually the startup you build is a manifestation of your own personality. So my personality 😂
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Voted for solving someone else's problem because that's easier to validate your idea
I suppose I had a lot of time on my hands and I really wanted to see how long it would take me to build a dating app hehe
Mikrolo
Being a freelancer has been really helpful in sparking new ideas for me. As a UX/UI designer (and I dabble in other things too), I've found myself coming up with solutions that could easily become startup concepts. It's a great way to stay inspired!
@halilburakyilmaz How did you get into UI/UX freelancing / where do you find clients typically? Upwork? Are you on longterm retainers with agencies/businesses? Really curious about your journey would love to learn more.
@halilburakyilmaz Nice! How do you test them quickly to evaluate which one to build?
I tryed to solve my problem but existing solutions weren't suitable. So I don't know what answer to choose.
FidForward
Problems that I have been through!
Stockle
Personal need for actually usable, detailed and modern investment management platform
App Finder
First 3 oprtions coming together for me with App Finder https://skyica.com/appfinder/
I got the idea from the book.
I'm gearing up to launch a product called LiFE RPG soon. It helps people gamify mundane tasks, making them more enjoyable. The idea for this product came from a book called "Actionable Gamification."
@heyalbert That's awesome, i feel like most people never figure out how to gamify actionable steps in their personal life so this would be a great product for many. How do you imagine this taking form?
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@alexandreschouwey it basically depends upon the purpose you have or why you want to start but the easiest and most effective way is to be vigilant about the problems around you, which may not necessarily be yours
I've been a soccer player for a long time, and I've noticed the problems that team owners, managers, and coaches struggle with (usually management processes and the need to find funding for their teams). So I'm creating an app to solve these issues. Solving someone else's problems that I saw myself!
We are launching on PH soon 👇
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Last year, three of us software developers moved to the United States. However, finding jobs became incredibly challenging due to the economic conditions and numerous layoffs in the IT sector. We found ourselves spending hours every day applying for jobs, tailoring resumes, and writing cover letters, which took up 4-5 hours of our day and negatively impacted our lives. To solve this problem, we developed Wobo, a Personal AI Recruiter. Wobo creates a unique persona for each user and uses it to apply to jobs in the user’s desired fields on their behalf. This allows our users to focus on their lives and prepare for interviews, sparing them the hardships we experienced.
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Motiff
I stumbled upon my startup idea during a casual conversation with friends about daily inconveniences. It was a lightbulb moment when we realized that our shared frustration could be turned into a viable solution.
Motiff
Finding my startup idea was a blend of personal frustration with existing solutions and spotting a gap in the market that I was passionate about filling. It involved a lot of research, conversations with potential users, and iterating on the initial concept to refine it into a viable product.
Amigos do Miles
When we got our dog he was only 2 months old and on he's first year of life unfortunately he had to go to the vet a lot, it was a troubled childhood for him. We were always trying to find ways to organize ourselves, we had medicine to give, baths, vet visits and so on but we didn't find a tool that could help us like we wanted. So, us being two developers at home, we decided to create Amigos do Miles
Amigos do Miles
It didn't even start as being a startup, but it started having more and more quality and we decided to just go with it.
@pedrofonseca17 Why didn't a classic calendar like Google Calendar or Notion Calendar work for you?
Amigos do Miles
@alexandre_schouwey There's no easy ways/intuitive ways to:
- Have control over how much medication I have left and if I need to buy more
- Record weight, height, temperature.
- Track spending
- Track inventory.
Google calendar is only good for appointments IMO. You can use it for medications, but how do you make sure you really gave the medication?
Notion has so many stuff that sometimes if just gets too overwhelming and disorganized in our experience.
We've created a solution for a specific problem, that way it tends to be more organized from the get go. We've also decided to create a modular dashboard, where you add the features more relevant to you, that way as soon as you get into your account you have all the necessary information you need in one place.
For some reason you need to start tracking the weight more? Just add the weight card and in zero clicks you see all the information and in 1 click you are already inside the feature.
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@mehtab__faiz Great idea. Is it already built?
@alexandre_schouwey yes! you can visit here https://pressconnect.ai/