1. No way for city residents to order delivery from local stores to their elderly relatives in remote villages.

2. It's difficult for parents of newborns in India to organize vaccination: there is no service for easy doctor search and a turnkey process provision.

3. Solar installation companies lack a platform for end-to-end tracking of a customer's project from sale to official approval, causing complaints and dissatisfaction.

1. Startup founders get lost in legal, accounting, and administrative tasks after incorporation, leading to stress and risks due to the lack of a clear, step-by-step plan.

2. The owner of a relaunched bar on the French coast cannot attract an audience in the evening due to the legacy of its past format (nightclub) and its isolated location.

1. Recently, several small bloggers have talked about ProblemHunt: a few from the USA, a few from Spain, and one from France. And we noticed an obvious thing: traffic from these countries, although not much, has started to grow.

2. But the most important thing is that people from these countries have started sharing problems more actively. For example, in the last month alone, France has already submitted 4 problems, three of which were published yesterday and today.

1. Problem Breakdown from the Moderator:

A detailed description of a systemic pain point in the B2B segment has come to ProblemHunt. This is not a classic user request but rather an analysis from a consultant. We can't publish it as a standard problem, but it's too profound to ignore. Let's examine it as a case study. Before publication, all unnecessary information was removed while preserving the important details and essence.

Guys, a new problem from the USA has been posted. However, according to our observations, two very similar problems from other countries and by different authors have already been published on ProblemHunt. We recommend paying attention to this.

When I launched, I used Stripe Atlas - this made incorporating a BREEZE. However, I did not realize at the time what it meant to structure a board, what it meant to register as a 'foreign entity' in a state, what to do with bookkeeping when there is no revenue, the right time to talk to an accountant, the right time to talk to an attorney. So I have been more or less figuring it out as I go and the unfortunate aspect is sometimes it can lead to an "uh oh" moment when it involves the State or Federal stuffs like taxes, etc.

I know... tons of notetaking apps exist. However, the reason I like paper-based notes so much is that I can get planners, organizers, and other notebooks that have a pre-built structure to their page. My problem is that I have to hand-draw any sort of outline to follow on the notes apps I have currently and I haven't been able to find any on the App Store that offer the ability to say -- upload a linked PDF or the like where I can navigate in a bigger organizer and select multiple different page layouts in the same "notebook".

Guys, ProblemHunt has formed an international community of developers (mainly from USA, India, Russia, UK, France, Germany, and other countries) who are looking for startup ideas based on real problems. We find and share different people's problems with them, and the community is now growing rapidly.

Currently, all problems are published publicly and for free. However, they are published without validation: no confirmation that the problem truly exists, that others experience it too, and no check of willingness to pay. There's also no market sizing, target audience profile, or clear description of a solution that could and should be developed.

If there are any product managers among you who can handle this, you could sell deeply researched and validated problems to our developers. According to our estimates, there should be an average of 5 7 developers ready to buy each such problem. The price for one such problem could range from $500 to $10,000 depending on its potential.

Guys, honestly: on our own, we only find 10 20 problems per month. That's not enough, and we've hit a ceiling.

Guys, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I'd like to wish each of us to learn how to find problems that:

1. Haven't been solved by anyone yet.

2. People are truly willing to pay to have solved.

We weren't accepted into Y Combinator with our ProblemHunt. But I know a guy who got accepted this time. And he made 11 attempts. We'll try to do that too.

1. Describe the problem:

I am a startup founder. My problem is periodic emotional burnout and a certain loneliness on this journey, especially when a project requires a long time and a huge amount of effort to get it off the ground to the first tangible results (on average, this takes 2-3 years).
During the "low points" (once every few months), there is no one to honestly and kindly discuss fear, uncertainty, difficulties, or failure with, without judgment. And at the same time, to get real emotional support to avoid abandoning my project, especially if it is promising.
I don't want to bother my wife and loved ones too much either, and my non-startup friends don't really understand my "pains." Existing communities and mentors solve business problems but don't provide the psychological support of a "brother in arms." I would like to have some kind of safe space for regular group calls where one can vent and get support from other founders.
Perhaps the solution should involve some sort of AI moderator that would facilitate the meetings and guide the entire group for the desired effect, and at the end of the meeting provide useful recommendations and assess the match between group participants.

Hello Problem Hunt community!

We all know the annoyance: You want to save a quick clip from TikTok, then a recipe from Instagram, and a long tutorial from YouTube. This often means juggling 3, 4, or even 5 different, ad-heavy, and clunky online downloaders.

The Problem We Solved: The lack of a simple, safe, and universal video downloader.

Introducing MySocialDownloader

Hi Makers, Builders, and Founders, My background is in finance, and I saw first-hand how fast automation costs from platforms like Zapier or Make can crush a scale-up. Worse, relying solely on their cloud means you don't own your data or your workflows.
I solved this for my agency, Azenflow, and now for our clients, by going 100% Open Source with the powerful platform, n8n. --- The Problem I Solved (And You Should Too)
1. Cost: Automation bills were projected to hit $800/month by year-end. With n8n, this is $0 in license fees.
2. Compliance: For all EU-based companies, Data Sovereignty is non-negotiable. We achieve this by self-hosting our n8n stack (RGPD compliance).
The 3-Step Open-Source Architecture This is the architecture we deploy to achieve Zapier-killing power:
1. The Engine (n8n): Powerful open-source workflow automation. Requires more setup, but allows custom JS and complex logic.
2. The Host (Your Cloud): We deploy it in a dedicated, controlled environment for guaranteed data sovereignty.
3. The Brain (AI Integration): n8n easily integrates LLMs/AI via API, putting you in control of the cost and keys.
--- Open Challenge to the Community Has anyone else made the leap from proprietary automation to Open Source (n8n, self-hosted solutions, etc.)?
What were your biggest pain points? The steep learning curve? The initial setup?
I m an expert n8n Architect, happy to answer any technical or business questions about making this migration. Let's discuss how to own your tech stack. P.S. If you're a founder or an SMB looking to cut your automation costs to $0 in license fees, check out the Free Audit on my profile (Matthias, Azenflow).

Guys, over the past 3.5 months, we encountered one significant issue at ProblemHunt:

1. Many contributors who shared problems aren't very motivated to provide feedback to developers for various reasons. Even among those willing to give feedback, not everyone agrees to work with more than 3 5 different developers (for context: currently, one contributor receives messages from 7 15 people on average). And without quality feedback, it s difficult to clarify all the details and build a great product.

2. To solve this problem, we talked to some of the contributors and found out: they are willing to provide feedback much more actively if they can receive 1% equity in the future startup. According to them, this would give them strong motivation to help with advice and actively participate in testing.

3. Therefore, we decided to run an experiment over the next few months. Now, in the problem submission form, contributors can optionally indicate that they want to receive 1% equity in the future startup. And we will mention this in the publication for you.

4. By the way, if you currently have a problem and also want to get 1% equity in a future startup, you can seize this opportunity right now on ProblemHunt!

Guys, if you've created a product based on a problem from ProblemHunt and got your first users, you can tell about your product in our community and on the website for free. I can't promise huge traffic: the site has gotten 25k+ visitors in the last 1.5 months, but maybe this will help someone attract some additional traffic. For that, just write me the product name, a brief description, the target audience, and a link here: gostroverhovb@gmail.com

My journey in startups began 10 years ago, and I've launched 18 startups, most of which failed. Briefly on why they failed:
1. Contract Online my first startup in 2015, which was supposed to be an online service for remote signing of contracts for any transactions between individuals. A kind of analogue of a secure transaction. For this startup, I even managed to attract a business angel who invested $16,500.

Reason for failure: I had two lawyers on my team who discovered in the process that the legal framework at the time could not provide reliable grounds for protecting our users in remote transactions. The contracts would not have been considered legally signed.
2. Natural Products In 2015-2018, I became very passionate about healthy eating, but in the process, I discovered that products in all chain stores are full of chemicals, and stores with truly natural products are inaccessible to the majority. Hence, the idea emerged to create my own online platform where you could order natural products directly from farmers at affordable prices.

Reason for failure: For several years, I tried to launch this project, even trained as a baker of natural bread and tried to create my own farm, but in the process, I found that few people are willing to pay for truly natural products, even if these products were only 20-30% more expensive than market prices, and not 2-3 times more, as in premium stores. Hence, the market was so small that all my attempts were doomed.

My journey in startups began 10 years ago, and I've launched 18 startups, most of which failed. Briefly on why they failed:
1. Contract Online my first startup in 2015, which was supposed to be an online service for remote signing of contracts for any transactions between individuals. A kind of analogue of a secure transaction. For this startup, I even managed to attract a business angel who invested $16,500.

Reason for failure: I had two lawyers on my team who discovered in the process that the legal framework at the time could not provide reliable grounds for protecting our users in remote transactions. The contracts would not have been considered legally signed.
2. Natural Products In 2015-2018, I became very passionate about healthy eating, but in the process, I discovered that products in all chain stores are full of chemicals, and stores with truly natural products are inaccessible to the majority. Hence, the idea emerged to create my own online platform where you could order natural products directly from farmers at affordable prices.

Reason for failure: For several years, I tried to launch this project, even trained as a baker of natural bread and tried to create my own farm, but in the process, I found that few people are willing to pay for truly natural products, even if these products were only 20-30% more expensive than market prices, and not 2-3 times more, as in premium stores. Hence, the market was so small that all my attempts were doomed.

We've published 20 new problems on ProblemHunt from the USA, India, United Kingdom, Russia, Morocco, Israel, Serbia, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Canada, Bulgaria.

Update: for convenience, the country is now visible on each card.

Friends, we've just discovered that ProblemHunt is only 20 votes short (currently at 449) of making it into the top 5 Product of the Week . If we can reach this goal by tomorrow inclusive, it could bring us even more attention from those experiencing problems. Please support us.