I’m new to this sub and I’ve done some poking around. It seems that the unanimous advice in this sub for people looking to become an entrepreneur is ‘find a problem and sell the solution’.

I’m from a poor family and I’m just a simple working folk. I’ve been trying to think of a way to break free from that life most of my adult years but have never found a way to make it happen.

So my question is. Since I’ve been trying to find a problem to solve for most of my life and failing to do so. How can I make a shift to really find that problem I can solve? It seems most people in here have businesses. What problem did you solve and how did you figure out that problem to begin with?

  • MrKeys_XBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    First begin to start to identify your skills. What are you capable of making or doing? Are you good at programming? Sales? Talking? Gaming?

    After step 1. Look at market opportunities near you and ask. Or simply join facebook groups and ask lots of active users: ‘Love your posts! If you could start a new company, what kind of company would you start, and what problems would you solve? To whom?’

    Simply ask questions, find 20 people per market, look at the problems they have, which one could you solve with your time/skills?

    After this step. You now have 4 problems in 4 markets. Email/message in each market 50 companies with your solution; ‘we are launching x-service, and would love the receive some feedback. And in exchange your company gets XX-discount. How much would you competitors pay for this solution?’

    With just time and your specialised skill, you can do it. If you step out of your comfort zone, do not listen to advice given by those in your ‘economic’/‘stationary’ status. They will keep you down, they mean well, but don’t know better.

    Be stoic, be curious. Good luck.