{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Secret to Finding Profitable Software Ideas","description":"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&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/www.ibisworld.com\/industry-statistics\/number-of-businesses\/ Start from Zero by Dane Maxwell  https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Start-Zero-Business-Experience-Freedom\/dp\/1950367185 Join my Patreon:&amp;nbsp; https:\/\/thrivingtechnologist.com\/patreon Learn about one-on-one career coaching with me: https:\/\/thrivingtechnologist.com\/coaching TechRolepedia, a wiki about the top 25 roles in tech:&amp;nbsp; https:\/\/thrivingtechnologist.com\/techroles The Thriving Technologist career guide:&amp;nbsp; https:\/\/thrivingtechnologist.com\/guide You can also&amp;nbsp;watch this episode on YouTube.&amp;nbsp; 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&amp;nbsp;thrivingtechnologist.com ","author_name":"Healthy Developer","author_url":"https:\/\/healthydeveloper.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33203562\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/33203562"}