Pain Point #1: "I've taken over 75 VC meetings without receiving a single check. I've had many who are interested, progressed me along in their process, etc., but it always comes down to the same thing - we want to see traction before investing." Opportunity: A platform that helps startups quickly achieve early-stage traction. Justification: - Demand: Multiple founders express frustration with getting early traction to attract investors. - ROI: Immediate demonstration of traction allows startups to progress in funding rounds faster and increases investment likelihood. - Scalable: Once developed, the platform can apply to various sectors and startup types, from tech to consumer goods. - Purple Cow/Controversial: Taking a unique approach in automating or streamlining traction metrics that matter to investors, potentially controversial if it challenges traditional traction measurement methods. --- Pain Point #2: "Most of the time spent using AI wasn’t in reviewing or deploying code, it was in writing and tweaking prompts. That required a totally different skill than what our devs were trained for." Opportunity: AI-driven prompt generation and optimization tool. Justification: - Demand: Growing adoption of AI applications, but a lack of skill sets in prompt engineering among developers is slowing productivity. - ROI: Reduced time spent on prompt creation translates to faster product cycles and sloped learning curves. - Scalable: Applicable across any industry integrating AI into workflows, with SaaS potential. - Purple Cow/Controversial: Offers an unfair advantage by automating a nascent and difficult-to-master field, potentially leading to discussions about the ethics of simplifying complex AI tasks. --- Pain Point #3: "Managing provisioning profiles and certificates feels like a never-ending headache I swear I spend more time on that than actually coding sometimes." Opportunity: Comprehensive DevOps tool for iOS app development that automates provisioning and validation processes. Justification: - Demand: Developers constantly face development and validation management issues, leading to frustration and reduced productivity. - ROI: By automating these processes, developers can focus on innovation and actual coding, reducing time-to-market. - Scalable: Targeted at both indie developers and enterprise teams, addressing universal problems in iOS development. - Purple Cow/Controversial: Provides a seamless solution to a traditionally manual and error-prone process, disrupting how development teams allocate their resources.