(Number 14 is 👌)

1. Pain at my own work
   Listing tools on directories took ages, so I made a listing bot for it.
   Needed full control over my analytics dashboard, none existed, so I created one.
   Wanted to automate my SEO, built an AI agent for it.

2. Pain mentioned by others at work
   My sister, a kindergarten worker, complains about paper schedules causing mix-ups. I suggest: "How about an app or tool?".

3. Pain in my pivate life
   Spending hours finding a movie my wife and I both like, only to have her fall asleep before it starts.
   I make an app that combines our preferences and suggests available movies on our streaming service.
   *warning: b2c is way harder than b2b

4. Pain in the life of people I know.
   I'm a football player.
   My coach says: I wish there was a system to book training online across all stadiums and see their schedules.

5. Personal pain from strangers.
   I open social media and see "I wish I could book a nanny for an hour".
   I check the comments where 34 people say "Me too".
   I build a nanny marketplace.

6. Clone an idea for a new niche.
   Website builder for bakeries.

7. Clone an idea for new geography.
   Hotel booking marketplace for Mongolia.

8. Clone an idea for a new user case.
   AI content creator for university teachers.

9. Clone an idea with new pricing.
   Ahrefs that doesn't cost me a fortune.

10. Clone an idea as an open-source project.
    Open source Carta alternative.

11. Idea>Tech>Application
    Don't do this. It's called "a solution looking for a problem". It rarely works.

12. Ask a random person: is there a tool/app/directory you wish existed and you'd pay to use?

13. Keyword led idea.
    Search for random keywords based on your intuition on google keywords planner. Find one with high traffic, low completion and no product available in search results when you google the kw.

14. Search intent led idea.
    When you start typing in google search bar, it suggests you options.
    This way you can see what people actually type there.

I used my own advice to come up with:

• listingbott for backlinks.
• seobotai automate my seo.
• unicornplatform to build directories fast.
• countvisits better analytics for websites.
• indexrusher index page pages faster

P.S. I'm running a pre-sale for my Directory Playbook guide