Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs

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Lead user innovation, to our knowledge, has been largely neglected by the development sector, except when it comes to the associated concept of frugal innovation. In cases like this, the problem is identified and formulated (if at all) only after the discovery of a solution.

The company's always-on learning agenda drives its clients' continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from the innovation ecosystem. If you're trying to address a problem that people face every day, and you're successful in addressing that, you are very likely to be successful. The following is an excerpt from Mindstuck: Mastering the Art of Changing Minds by Michael McQueen (Dec. Maybe your friends, potential business partners, or investors had something important to say and you didn’t listen!

We certainly realized that smartphones with operating systems (and therefore the ability to run apps) and built-in GPS chipsets were becoming more and more popular. They tell a story of “This is the problem we solve,” or, even better, they narrow it down to “We help XYZ people to avoid ABC problems,” whereas for companies that focus on the solution, their story will start with “our system . billion-Levine is committed to spreading entrepreneurial thinking so that other founders, managers, and employees in the tech space can build their own highly valued companies. How many projects went haywire because the people building them out didn’t care about the problem, but only the solution?

Personally, I like the idea of starting companies where when it doesn’t work out the first, second or even third time, I still have plans. Seetree provides a unique intelligence platform for tree-farmers fusing AI/ML, IoT multi-sensory data, and other advanced technologies to enable them to manage their permanent crops best.

When you keep trying to solve the same core problem, the vast majority of your previous experience is immediately applicable. I like to believe that you can learn from everyone, but I don’t think that I got a “good enough value” from this book.