Everything around us can be improved! Pay attention to spotting pain points around you. I recommend keeping a backlog of problems that you can simply set out to solve as a design challenge. You can use my template for that, available below.
| Describe the Problem | Industry | Tangent Companies | Is it easy to reach people with this problem? | Skills you can leverage for this |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finding a trustworthy babysitter is difficult | Services | eNanny, Pampers, Phillips | Yes | Experience with motherhood gives me easy access to my target group |
| When trying to develop healthy habits, people have a hard time staying on track with their goals | Health | MyFitnessPal, Evernote | Yes | I’m passionate about building healthy habits |
| Continue this list with the problems you spot! | ||||