Original Summary

For the past few months I've been building a tool that checks startup ideas, and a big part of it was reading Reddit. Not skimming. Reading posts where someone describes a problem and asks for a fix. Some numbers from that: Over 90 days, our tools flagged more than 28,000 posts where someone asked for a fix to something. I read 1,452 of them closely and grouped them by problem. 50 problems came up at least three times, from different people. When I tried plain keyword search first, only 22 of 351 matching posts (about 6%) were actually about the problem. People describe problems in their own words, not yours. The two problems SaaS founders asked about most (11 posts each): "how do I get my first users" and "people sign up, then nobody pays". Both are what building first and checking later looks like. A few other things stood out: Every one of the 50 problems came with a workaround people already use: spreadsheets, scripts, manual reminders. A workaround is the best sign someone will pay for a fix. Real posts are specific. "Late invoices are quietly the worst-paying part of the job" tells you more than any survey answer. Some of the strongest demand was in boring places: SOC 2 evidence, late invoices, curriculum planning for homeschooling parents. I put all 50 in a free library, sorted by niche, with every post linked so you can read them yourself: https://www.ghostlaunch.so/ideas Disclosure: I'm the founder of Ghostlaunch. It takes your idea, finds people already asking for a fix, puts a landing page with a price in front of them, and after 7 days tells you how many visited, clicked and signed up. The search part is free, no account: https://www.ghostlaunch.so/idea-validator Happy to answer anything about the data or how I grouped the posts.   submitted by   /u/Competitive_Tune_590 [link]   [comments]

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  • 分类依据：内容涉及招聘、求职或职业发展
  • 信息来源：Reddit · SideProject
  • 发布时间：2026/10/20 17:50:23