The Looking Glass: Love the problem
A problem that can easily be solved with money is not really a problem because its solution is obvious. Focus on problems with non-obvious solutions.
Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
Do I have a problem worth solving?
Ash Maurya • Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean (O'Reilly))
It’s because we often fall in love with our idea of the solution we want to build before falling in love with a problem that we experience while living in the future. “Falling in love with a solution” highlights the danger that founders, creators, or teams can become so enamored with their particular product or service—their “solution”—that they ov... See more
Mike Maples • 🔮 Living in the future
How to identify your invisible asymptotes
One way to identify your invisible asymptotes is to simply ask your customers. As I noted at the start of this piece, at Amazon we honed in on how shipping fees were a brake on our business by simply asking customers and non-customers.
Here's where the oft-cited quote from Henry Ford is brought up as an obje... See more
One way to identify your invisible asymptotes is to simply ask your customers. As I noted at the start of this piece, at Amazon we honed in on how shipping fees were a brake on our business by simply asking customers and non-customers.
Here's where the oft-cited quote from Henry Ford is brought up as an obje... See more