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The One Real Problem You Must Solve to Make Your Startup Succeed
The One Real Problem You Must Solve to Make Your Startup Succeed

Entrepreneur

time28-07-2025

  • Business
  • Entrepreneur

The One Real Problem You Must Solve to Make Your Startup Succeed

Some of the most successful startups didn't start with a business plan. They started with a problem. More specifically — a personal pain point. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Dropbox was born because Drew Houston was sick of emailing himself files. ConvertKit came from a blogger who was tired of clunky email automations. Notion grew out of the chaos of managing scattered notes and documents. These weren't random startup ideas pulled from a pitch deck. They were solutions to personal problems. And that's what made them powerful. When you build what you need, you shortcut months of guesswork. You skip the focus groups, the theoretical personas and the assumptions. You already understand the problem deeply because you live it. Related: Got a Startup Idea? Here's What It Really Takes to Make It Work Start with friction, not vision The first step to building a meaningful product isn't to identify a trendy niche or chase a hot market. It's to pay attention to the moments in your day that feel harder than they should. The tasks you procrastinate. The tools you silently curse. That friction is your opportunity. Forget disruption. Forget scale. The best early-stage products come from irritation, not inspiration. What's broken in your workflow? What are you duct-taping together every week just to get by? Start there. That's where urgency and empathy already live. Talk to people like you Once you spot a problem, skip the massive surveys. Talk to a handful of people who share your situation. If you're a freelancer, speak with freelancers. If you're a working parent with a side hustle, speak with others juggling the same chaos. The more overlap between you and your early users, the faster you'll know if this is a real pain or just a minor inconvenience. What you're looking for is emotional signal — frustration, not politeness. You want someone to say, "I'd pay for that today." Build the painkiller, not the platform You don't need to launch a polished product. In fact, polish is usually a waste early on. Your first version can be a spreadsheet, a Notion template, a Zapier automation — whatever works. The goal is to prove the fix, not win design awards. Don't aim for elegance. Aim for utility. If it works, users won't care that it's scrappy. Test willingness to pay as soon as possible This is where most people hesitate. But if your product solves a real problem, people will pay — even if it's ugly. Even if it's early. Real payment is the difference between "interesting idea" and "actual business." And it doesn't have to be much. Charge a small onboarding fee or ask for a credit card to reserve early access. You're not trying to trick anyone. You're testing commitment. Too many founders wait until everything is perfect before asking for money. By then, they've burned time, budget and momentum. Pricing is feedback. So get it early. Narrate the build, don't just build While you're creating your product, share the journey. Post what you're building, what you're stuck on and what you're learning. Whether it's Twitter, LinkedIn or a Substack, showing your process builds trust. You're not selling — you're storytelling. And that attracts the right people: others who feel the same pain you're solving. Make your first users successful Don't rush to scale. If you're still explaining what your product does, you're not ready to grow. Focus instead on helping your early users get results. Support them. Follow up. Ask who else they know who needs this. Word-of-mouth isn't a viral fluke — it's the byproduct of usefulness. Related: The One Simple Task That Will Help Your Startup Succeed Build from conviction, not theory When you build for yourself, you don't need to fake insight. You don't have to invent personas. You already understand the stakes. That shows up in the product, the copy and the customer experience. And most importantly, it builds trust. You're not a startup guessing at what might matter—you're a person solving something that already does. Drew Houston didn't plan on building a billion-dollar company. He just wanted a faster way to move his files. That pain became Dropbox — and millions of others felt it too. You don't need permission. You don't need a grand strategy. You need to notice the problem that keeps nagging at you — and build the thing you wish already existed. That's where real businesses begin. Ready to break through your revenue ceiling? Join us at Level Up, a conference for ambitious business leaders to unlock new growth opportunities.

‘Nobody will dare tell him' – Ex-world champ Johnny Nelson reveals biggest problem in Anthony Joshua's career
‘Nobody will dare tell him' – Ex-world champ Johnny Nelson reveals biggest problem in Anthony Joshua's career

The Sun

time27-07-2025

  • Sport
  • The Sun

‘Nobody will dare tell him' – Ex-world champ Johnny Nelson reveals biggest problem in Anthony Joshua's career

JOHNNY NELSON has revealed what he believes is the biggest problem in Anthony Joshua's career. AJ is one of the nation's biggest superstars but ex-cruiserweight world champion Nelson fears it could be at his detriment. 3 He told The Mirror, courtesy of "It's very hard to have people around you that'll tell you how it is. "You're going to have people around you that want to stay in your employment, stay in that circle. "So they're going to tell you stuff that you want to hear. "They're not going to tell you, 'You need to be doing this, you need to get a hand up, you're getting hit, you're getting beat up by this guy here. Why are you doing that? Why aren't you running this time? Why are you going to open that crisp packet when you should be in the gym?' "Nobody on his squad are going to dare tell him that with any conviction. "And so now all of a sudden the roles have changed, whereas when you're hungry, and you need it, they want to drag you up. "Now he's the boss. They work for him. And so that's where the problem is. "And I think that along with time, along with age, along with experience, along with appetite, once they get out of kilter [it's over]. AJ's in that position." Joshua, 35, has been out of the ring since September when he was knocked out by Daniel Dubois, 27. He has since undergone elbow surgery and looks to be targeting a return before the end of the year. And Joshua has recently been in shock talks to fight YouTuber-turned boxer Jake Paul, 28 after being called out. 3

Easy looking math sum stumps people as they guess variety of chaotic answers - can you solve it in 30 seconds?
Easy looking math sum stumps people as they guess variety of chaotic answers - can you solve it in 30 seconds?

Daily Mail​

time27-07-2025

  • General
  • Daily Mail​

Easy looking math sum stumps people as they guess variety of chaotic answers - can you solve it in 30 seconds?

It's time to dust off the old number two pencil and grab an eraser, because this easy math problem has stumped a lot of people. Can you solve it in under 30 seconds? The equation, shared by @BholanathDutta on X, is 75+25÷5x5. Ready for your timed test? But first, here's a hint: Ever heard of PEMDAS? The age-old acronym guides you through the proper order for solving a complicated calculation like this one. It stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and then Subtraction. Now, off you go! Did you get it? The answer is 100. So how do you get there? First, you start with division. So 25÷5=5. Then you have to multiply by 5, equaling 25. Lastly, you have to add the 75, bringing the total to 100. Some people in the comments stumbled and got 76 by doing the multiplication first (5x5=25) and then dividing it by 25, totaling 1. Then adding 75 brings it to 76. However, this method is wrong because the multiplication and division go in the order they appear in the equation, according to the rules of PEMDAS. Multiplication does not have to done first just because it's in the acronym before division. Others got 4 by doing the addition - which comes second to last in PEMDAS - first. 75+25=100. The taking 5x5=25. And taking the 100÷25=4. However, being that there are no parentheses or exponents and multiplication and division come in the order they are in the equation, you have to start with division, then multiply, then add.

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