How do I approach companies to find problems?

[Fab89]

Hi,

I'm living in the UK and would like to find a company within an industry to find out what their problems are so I can find solutions.

Do you think it would be productive to just pick an industry (like taxi firms or car mechanic garages) and have a conversation with a few of them to get an understanding of what their main problems are?

I'm currently a software developer so it would be good to use my skills to solve a problem and try to make a business from it.

What are your thoughts?

 

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[francevalue]

Yes I believe it could work but maybe start with companies that are near your field of action (tech companies?)

 

[Fab89]

Yes I believe it could work but maybe start with companies that are near your field of action (tech companies?)

Cheers for response.
Wouldn't all companies use tech though? Why do you suggest tech only?

 

[broswoodwork]

Hi,

I'm living in the UK and would like to find a company within an industry to find out what their problems are so I can find solutions.

Do you think it would be productive to just pick an industry (like taxi firms or car mechanic garages) and have a conversation with a few of them to get an understanding of what their main problems are?

I'm currently a software developer so it would be good to use my skills to solve a problem and try to make a business from it.

What are your thoughts?

@Jon L has a new client acquisition system that's about as amazing as any I've ever seen.

 

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[PizzaOnTheRoof]

Do you think it would be productive to just pick an industry (like taxi firms or car mechanic garages) and have a conversation with a few of them to get an understanding of what their main problems are?

Yes

 

[francevalue]

Cheers for response.
Wouldn't all companies use tech though? Why do you suggest tech only?

Yes they do but maybe you'll understand better the tech companies since it's your field idk

 

[Andy Black]

Hi,

I'm living in the UK and would like to find a company within an industry to find out what their problems are so I can find solutions.

Do you think it would be productive to just pick an industry (like taxi firms or car mechanic garages) and have a conversation with a few of them to get an understanding of what their main problems are?

I'm currently a software developer so it would be good to use my skills to solve a problem and try to make a business from it.

What are your thoughts?

I’d start with my immediate circle of family, friends, past and present work colleagues, acquaintances, etc.

Just get out there asking people how their business is going. Then stfu and let them talk.

Maybe some of the posts in this thread might help:

• Andy's Inbound/Sales Braindump

 

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[Jon L]

@Jon L has a new client acquisition system that's about as amazing as any I've ever seen.

I run a small software development company with developers in Pakistan. My current method of finding clients is to talk to managed IT services firms to see if they have clients that need software development work done. What's great about this is that these IT firms don't see me as competition, rather, they see me as an additional service they can provide to their clients that would make their clients view them as a more valuable business partner. I've found a few clients this way so far, and am just ramping it up.

Its a tough thing to do marketing, sales, project management, systems analysis AND software programming. You'll likely need to pick one or two of those and farm out the rest to someone else.

 

[Walter Hay]

I’d start with my immediate circle of family, friends, past and present work colleagues, acquaintances, etc.

Just get out there asking people how their business is going. Then stfu and let them talk.

Maybe some of the posts in this thread might help:

• Andy's Inbound/Sales Braindump

Great suggestion.

I found a massive industry-wide problem when I was deciding which product type I would choose from all the supplier contacts I had obtained in China and a couple of other countries through networking.

Four family members worked in places that used products within one of those categories I was considering. They all told me about the same two problems. I knew that I could solve those problems, and the result was that I built a massive importing and B2B marketing business based on fixing those problems to do with that product category.

It might be that people in those circles mentioned by @Andy Black will know about problems unrelated to your particular expertise, but don't get stuck on that. Use your intelligence to fix any serious problems and you have a great starting point.

Walter

 

[ShamanKing]

Yelp

 

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[Thiago Machado]

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