From real customer pain — Reddit industry subs, Upwork repeated jobs, G2 1-star reviews, App Store reviews, Quora questions, and your own most-painful workflow. Skip generic "ideas list" articles.
The best startup ideas are extracted from customer behavior. Top 10 sources in 2026: (1) Reddit industry subs. (2) Upwork repeated job postings. (3) App Store / Play Store 1-star reviews. (4) G2 / Capterra negative reviews. (5) Quora questions with hundreds of upvotes. (6) Twitter/Threads searches for "why does X suck". (7) Hacker News "Ask HN" threads. (8) Product Hunt comments on competitor launches. (9) Failed startup post-mortems. (10) Your own most-painful weekly workflow.
Slack: gaming community + team-chat pain
Cal.com: scheduling pricing-complaint threads
Loom: scattered async-video pain in r/sysadmin
Yes — the largest free source of unsolved problems. Mine industry-specific subs, not generic entrepreneur ones.
Public posts are public. You are solving a problem they described.
How do I come up with a startup idea?
Stop brainstorming. Read 50 negative reviews of products in an industry you understand. The complain...
What makes a good startup idea?
A good startup idea has three traits: real, repeated customer pain; a niche where you can reach 100 ...
How do I find customer pain points?
Read 1-star App Store reviews, mine industry-specific Reddit subs with operators like "I wish there ...
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