What problems do you have on a daily basis?

[Vigilante]

Idea extraction doesn’t work here

 

[minivanman]

Sounds like you need some military experience

Back when I was 18 I was all set up to go in to the military. We had talked and talked for months and they promised that I would be a helicopter pilot.... 3 days before I was to go to basic, they said.... well, we can't PROMISE that you will be a helicopter pilot but you can apply for it. I told him to shove it and forgot about that idea. Probably a good thing as I am not one to follow orders very well and I'm 100% certain I would have ended up in the brig. So, I doubt the military would have taught me anything except what the inside of a jail cell looked like.

 

[MTEE1985]

I believe his heart was in the right place but like @JScott said, the OP just looked lazy and the perception is “give me ideas”

Contrast that to the OP here:
NOTABLE! - 100 Unsexy Business Ideas: Name as many as you can!

and it’s easy to understand the forums negative response to this thread.

Now, on to my problems. (Not specific to this thread)

I can’t ignore individual threads on Xenforo software.

I can’t go back in time and unread things I have read.

When I ignore users it makes threads confusing.

 

[CareCPA]

To find problems.

Then after finding problems, to hopefully find new (or better) solutions for them than what currently exists on the market.

I'm not sure if any of you know about MJ's youtube channel, but I strongly suggest checking out this video:

Basically, I'm looking for a list of problems so that I (or anyone else inclined) can have potential opportunities to pursue by attempting to solve a problem in a new way, or to add a postive value-skew with a product that currently exists but does not operate at a level that it could.

Looking for ideas in short.

I'll save you some time:

Idea extraction doesn’t work here

 

[minivanman]

I stay on the internet messing around too long. Problem is, when I get off the internet I usually go out and buy stuff. I want to be a part of a racing team and then at the end of the season I kick myself in the @ss for spending $100,000 on racing and say I'm getting out of racing..... and then I do it all over again the next year. I love chocolate. I love Dr. Pepper. My desk stays a mess. Can you help me Carnac?

 

[Guest931Xfjyx]

I'm sorry but this question is way to broad Imo. It's 5:39 am and i got almost no sleep due PTSD. Do you want to manage a solution for that?

So I got out of bed and made myself breakfast poured myself a cup of coffee and went into the garden. It's windy outside and the door of my fence keeps clattering. Do you have a solution?

While typing this on my phone my cat keeps pushing her head against my phone which makes it almost impossible to write a message. Do you have a solution for that?

Will start working on my business before 6:00 am and I have a ton writing to do. Can't find decent writers in my niche and my language. Can you find a solution for that?

Why don't you pick a industry first and do some research if there's a problem to be solved. There a several threads on this forum explaining how to start when looking for a need.

There's both stimulants to wake yourself up and depressants to help yourself fall asleep better that solve that problem.

How about a product that significantly reduces the noise of a fence door?

How about keep the cat entertained, like a toy? It's a cat. A laser pointer works perfectly, could make one that fits into a phone case...

There are plenty of online services to help you find decent writers online, no matter the language.

Everything you just listed are problems that need solving. If you can't think up potential business ideas worth pursuing from the problems you just brought to me, then that's your problem, not mine.

I stay on the internet messing around too long. Problem is, when I get off the internet I usually go out and buy stuff. I want to be a part of a racing team and then at the end of the season I kick myself in the @ss for spending $100,000 on racing and say I'm getting out of racing..... and then I do it all over again the next year. I love chocolate. I love Dr. Pepper. My desk stays a mess. Can you help me Carnac?

There are programs that can limit your internet access for you and shut your computer off if you use it for too long on unproductive things.

I'm sure you can find a bank that doesn't allow you to spend over a certain limit (or you could pay a third party to hold your money in increments).

Personal trainers. Diet forms of those sweets and beverages.

Cleaning service.

These are all opportunities...

 

[NeatStranger]

My problem is that no hedge fund manager can beat the S&P 500 over 10 years of investing. If you want to provide me value, find a machine learning algorithm that can beat the S&P 500 over 10 years. Then you would solve my problem.

 

[YoungPadawan]

I hate scraping ice off my windshield.

I get tempted during the evenings to eat junk food.

I hate burning a ton of gas and the wear and tear on my car everyday.

I hate cleaning my house.

I don't like going to the grocery store. I would love having someone deliver groceries to me.



There, that should get you started on something. Get an INSIDERS subscription and there's a bunch of ideas that need executioner's in a thread on the inside.

 

[Guest931Xfjyx]

It doesn't matter if your problem is as large as an existential crisis or as small as small as the sugar ants that somehow keep getting into your kitchen.

What problems do you personally have on a daily basis? What would make your life less annoying right now? What would make your life easier? What do you wish you didn't have to do? What are you oftentimes too lazy to do and wish could just be done automatically? What do you wish did more than it currently does right now?

Try and list as many problems as you possibly can but at least specify 3 problems you have almost every day.

 

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[Jello]

Two excellent threads on how to find a need from the same member

https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/co...ever-run-out-of-fastlane-opportunities.50609/
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I like this thread. Especially the research part on how he found a need and more important acted on it;

https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/co...fline-and-solve-some-real-b2b-problems.50980/

 

[Guest931Xfjyx]

What's the point of this thread?

To find problems.

Then after finding problems, to hopefully find new (or better) solutions for them than what currently exists on the market.

I'm not sure if any of you know about MJ's youtube channel, but I strongly suggest checking out this video:

Basically, I'm looking for a list of problems so that I (or anyone else inclined) can have potential opportunities to pursue by attempting to solve a problem in a new way, or to add a postive value-skew with a product that currently exists but does not operate at a level that it could.

Looking for ideas in short.

 

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[Colleenknull]

My dog died. Makes me sad.

What can you do for me?

Sorry about your dog.


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[rollerskates]

My problems are not ones I could pay you to fix for me. You could come do some physical tasks for me for free out of the goodness of your heart but I am guessing you are asking more along the lines of what can we pay you for?

 

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[Bearcorp]

Back when I was 18 I was all set up to go in to the military. We had talked and talked for months and they promised that I would be a helicopter pilot.... 3 days before I was to go to basic, they said.... well, we can't PROMISE that you will be a helicopter pilot but you can apply for it. I told him to shove it and forgot about that idea. Probably a good thing as I am not one to follow orders very well and I'm 100% certain I would have ended up in the brig. So, I doubt the military would have taught me anything except what the inside of a jail cell looked like.

Similar experience at 17, I was planning on doing my plumbing apprenticeship through the Army, I canned the idea when I found out that I had to commit the same amount of time as a tradesman as I did an apprentice, IE apprenticeships was 3.5 - 4 years, so in total I would need to serve 8 years before I came home.

Interestingly I worked with a tradesman who had done his apprenticeship with the army, he was a very bitter angry dude, don't think he liked being told what to do either. Wasn't much of a plumber haha

Sorry to derail the thread.. actually no I'm not.
I got 99 problems but sharing them with a random on this forum so he can come up with a business idea ain't 1.

 

[Guest931Xfjyx]

I hate scraping ice off my windshield.

I get tempted during the evenings to eat junk food.

I hate burning a ton of gas and the wear and tear on my car everyday.

I hate cleaning my house.

I don't like going to the grocery store. I would love having someone deliver groceries to me.



There, that should get you started on something. Get an INSIDERS subscription and there's a bunch of ideas that need executioner's in a thread on the inside.

Exactly the sort of response I was looking for.

Thank you.

 

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[SquatchMan]

Here's one.

I'm an American living abroad. All my bank accounts and financial stuff requires 2 factor authorization via SMS to access. This means I have to have my mom or dad get the code and send it to me. Pain in the butt since I live 12 time zones away.

(Most banks aren't compatible with Google Authenticator or Authy 2FA, so I can't use that.)

 

[Roli]

Can't workout why the OP is getting so much flak for this thread... Give him a break guys, he is displaying a fastlane attitude.

 

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[• nikita •]

Crippling social anxiety. If I have to go anywhere where there's gonna be a lot of socializing (party, work meeting) I dose up on meds till I can't feel anything. Only happens once or twice a month so not physically addictive, but the feeling of not feeling anxiety is the best thing in the world. This is my biggest problem, what I would do to remove it completely. I've done multiple rounds of CBT and somewhat improved it but I figure I'll always have it to some extent. It's even more painful given that I actually like going out and remember what it's like to be "normal".

All of my other problems stem from that. Anything else I can think of, I can find a solution to.

 

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[Andy Black]

@JLE ... you don't need to ask people what their problems are to start helping people.

Trawl the forum or Facebook groups and listen to what people are stuck on. Then help them.

Here... these might help you:

• Who can you help?
  
• Who have you helped?

(See what I did there?)

 

[MJ DeMarco]

The OP is getting flak because this forum gets a lot of "drive by" idea-extractors who roll on in and ask the same questions. After a while it gets old -- because we all know exactly what they're doing.

Unless he's looking to provide value in the entrepreneurial space, this approach is better off on a forum where the target audience has no clue what he's doing.

 

[Guest931Xfjyx]

Idea extraction doesn’t work here

How not?

 

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[Guest931Xfjyx]

My dog died. Makes me sad.

What can you do for me?

^ that, or sell you a new dog.

 

[Charnell]

My pants don't fit like they used to. What can you do for me?

 

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[CareCPA]

What's the point of this thread?

 

[Guest931Xfjyx]

My pants don't fit like they used to. What can you do for me?

Sell you a belt if you're too skinny. Sell you many weight-loss supplements/devices or new pants if you're overweight.

 

[Guest931Xfjyx]

Because we're not a bunch of schleps on Facebook complaining about our day to day.

#Landfill

Right. It's an entrepreneur forum.

Why is attempting to find problems worth solving for a business not appropriate here?

 

[minivanman]

I don't have the discipline to turn off my computer. I don't take pills. I don't have the discipline to give the money to someone so I won't spend it; and if I did, I'd just take it from another place I have money. lol I'd call the trainer and tell them not to come.... probably every day. We have my old cleaning company cleaning for us but no one touches my desk except me. I know I need help but I'm too stubborn to get it.... what can you do for me?

 

[Guest931Xfjyx]

I think what you're running into is defensiveness. Why would they give you their ideas if they are interested in making money for themselves? That would make no sense.

I'm not asking for their ideas. I'm asking for the problems they have in their day to day life.

 

[Guest931Xfjyx]

Bluetooth headphones that are easy, quick and seamless to connect. Is that possible?

Hmm...

Don't think I'd pursue this, but wireless earrings that somehow don't look unflattering that also double as headphones might work out. Just an idea...

 

[Deleted50669]

I'm not asking for their ideas. I'm asking for the problems they have in their day to day life.

Right, but it's implied that the reason you want to know is to derive ideas. Why else would you ask?

 

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