Re:Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a...
by davidgh on Monday October 30, 2017 @08:22PM
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I strongly agree with this. It is not an uncommon experience for me while working on something (either for work or personal) and hit a problem or annoyance and then go to work looking for the solution.
Occasionally, I can’t find a solution or what I find is either not quite right, too expensive, etc. When I have the problem myself I am genuinely motivated to find the answer and when I can’t... Well - I put that problem on my little list (along with a description of what I’d like the solution to be).
My list is currently over a hundred items long. Most aren’t great - but some of them are quite good. I review the list from time to time and the good ones continue to develop in my mind. I’ve tried some my favorites, and a few have turned into something.
I have also tried (at length) to come of with ideas from the “solution” side (rather than the problem side). It hasn’t lead me to any material success and I feel like I end up mentally circling around remixes of ideas and products that are already well established.
Occasionally, I can’t find a solution or what I find is either not quite right, too expensive, etc. When I have the problem myself I am genuinely motivated to find the answer and when I can’t... Well - I put that problem on my little list (along with a description of what I’d like the solution to be).
My list is currently over a hundred items long. Most aren’t great - but some of them are quite good. I review the list from time to time and the good ones continue to develop in my mind. I’ve tried some my favorites, and a few have turned into something.
I have also tried (at length) to come of with ideas from the “solution” side (rather than the problem side). It hasn’t lead me to any material success and I feel like I end up mentally circling around remixes of ideas and products that are already well established.