The Secret to Finding Profitable Software Ideas

Thinking of quitting the tech industry grind to start a profitable software business yourself? Before you take the plunge, don't make the same mistakes I did! The secret to finding a profitable software idea, is that it must come from your customers. Unless you know a real pain that people who would use your software are experiencing, you can easily fool yourself into thinking it's good enough to build a software product business on. In this episode, I share what I've learned about finding real software product ideas. I use a combination of IBISWorld, ChatGPT, and a book by Dane Maxwell to help my software development coaching clients discover software startup ideas. IBISWorld Businesses Start from Zero by Dane Maxwell Join my Patreon: Learn about one-on-one career coaching with me: TechRolepedia, a wiki about the top 25 roles in tech: The Thriving Technologist career guide: You can also watch this episode on YouTube . Chapter markers / timelinks: (0:00) Introduction (1:42) Finding a Profitable Software Idea (1:54) 1. Select a Customer Market (2:50) 2. Determine How to Contact Customers (4:37) 3. Ask Customers for Their Biggest Problem (6:05) 4. Ask People Who Responded To Meet (7:03) 5. Ask Them 5 Questions (7:15) Make Sure You're On The Same Page (7:29) How Are You Solving It Today? (8:15) What Happens When You Don't Solve This Problem? (8:50) If You Could Wave a Magic Wand, How Would You Solve It? (9:36) Would You Pay for That Solution? How Much? (10:48) Identify Consistent Profitable Problems Visit me at thrivingtechnologist.com

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The Secret to Finding Profitable Software Ideas is an episode from Healthy Software Developer by Jayme Edwards.

This episode is 13:55 long.

This episode was published on Sep 25, 2024.

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