Ask HN: How do you start researching for a project idea?

Re:Ask HN: How do you start researching for a project idea? by fidor on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:20PM (#30458232)

I’m a big fan of this concept. I’m always coming up with ideas, or more importantly problems I think tech could solve (or solve better). Some of them I might work on myself but most of them I know I’ll never touch them for a multitude reasons like lacking the technical expertise or not knowing the right people to talk to. I’d happily put these online for someone else to solve. In the end it would still be solving my initial problem.

As far as I can tell, nothing like this really exists. A quick search gives r/startup_ideas and a few other low traffic forums.

I think structuring it around the fundamental problem, rather than the solution would provide a nice space for lots of solutions to flourish.

Users could easily like problems that they also have, giving a nice ranking of the ‘most important’ problems, and which would provide a ready list of people to present an MVP to, get feedback from, and you may even find a cofounder amongst them.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you start researching for a project idea? by t0astbread on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:54PM (#30458676)

Agreed, the focus should definitely be on exploration rather than promotion. Although I feel like allowing some level of promotion while still shaping the thing being built would attract more ambitious projects which might help give the platform a better reputation for collaboration-seeking.

Maybe allow a mix of both? Like, people can open a thread starting from a pure problem and throw in some ideas for solutions. Or start with an idea and, as part of it, describe the problem. Let people filter if they only wanna see one type. And of course people can always link threads.

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