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Aditya

I am > I was . • 1d

Day 9 of my 30-day Business & Entrepreneurship series . Most founders fall into the trap of falling in love with their solution. The best founders? They fall in love with the problem. Today’s edition is all about Problem Discovery & Staying Problem-First 🔎 The Common Trap: Building cool tech (AI, apps, tools) without solving a real pain point. Tarpit Ideas: Plausible-sounding but doomed (like “one app for all student plans”). 10-Question Framework: Market size, problem acuteness, founder–market fit, ability to pivot, etc. Hard & Boring Ideas: Logistics, payroll, payments — where the biggest opportunities hide. Core Problems vs. Symptoms: Go beyond vague pain points → uncover the root cause. Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD): Customers don’t buy products; they “hire” them to get a job done. Famous Pivots: Twitter (from podcasting) and Instagram (from check-ins) — success by chasing problems, not ego. The Pledge: Always ask → “What problem does this solve? And for whom?” 👉 The big takeaway: Innovation lives where real, painful, specific problems exist — not in chasing shiny solutions. Read here - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-9-problem-aditya-kumar-jha-frpkc See you on Day 10 — where we’ll finally tie everything into business models, revenue streams & GTM strategies. #Entrepreneurship #StartupIdeas #ProblemDiscovery #JobsToBeDone #30DayChallenge #LearnAndBuild

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