Instructions
Before you think about what to build, you need to understand what your target users are already doing. Not what they wish they could do — what they actually do today when this problem comes up. That might be a product. It might be a spreadsheet, a contractor, or just ignoring it and hoping it goes away. All of those count.
This matters because your product doesn't compete in a vacuum. It competes against whatever people are doing right now. And the reality of current workarounds tells you far more than any survey about how much the problem actually matters and where the real friction sits.
The most interesting things to look for aren't the obvious products — you probably already know those. It's the manual workarounds. The tools stretched beyond their intended purpose. The mon...
