Ask HN: How do you find / validate niches for an online business? How do you find problems to solve / niches to target? We’ve all heard the generic tips, but I have found it challenging to search for those problems that people want solved. Anything beyond idle scanning of subreddits, google trends, or ahref keywords? |
By day I’m an actuary. I went to school for math and computer science. I know Python, Django, Vue… am comfortable with pandas, SQL, experimenting with streamlit. All of my industry knowledge is in large insurance companies that have their own internal IT departments. The exact opposite of who will go for a scrappy solo developer.
But, I love solving problems, and have always wanted to run / own my own business or app. So this is me reaching outside myself for the genius of the masses ;-)
Any insights, tips for getting outside that sphere a little and finding problems that people want/need solved would be amazing.