How did you come up with your product idea?

I'm amazed by the number of products that launch on PH every day. I think it would be cool to know what inspired you to build your product.

For me, I desperately was trying to solve my own problems and frustrations. For nearly 20 years that I'm building online communities, I realised that our competition didn't solve for the two most basic problems:

1. Organic Growth

2. User Retention

I mean, they did in some way. But I had better ideas. It took me about 1 year to develop my first prototype and I wondered if I should launch it.

I didn't. BIG MISTAKE!

A few years passed by and I decided to give it a try. Boom! We got paying customers.

That's my story - and I'd like to know yours. Share it below in the comments.