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38 Ways to Find $1M Startup Ideas:

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  1. Scrape 1 and 2-star G2/Capterra reviews of popular SaaS tools to find broken features or unmet needs.
  2. Browse Acquire for profitable micro-SaaS tools and look for ones you could modernize or niche down.
  3. Start a niche newsletter and ask subscribers to share their biggest challenges regularly.
  4. Talk to local businesses and ask what tech they wish they had but can't afford or find.
  5. Use an AI agent to scan your social media comments and DMs for repeated problems or requests.
  6. Analyze Product Hunt launches with high upvotes but low traction to find under-executed ideas.
  7. Use BuiltWith to detect old SaaS products still in use and build a simpler, modern replacement.
  8. Look for SaaS categories with lots of "all-in-one" tools and create a lean, focused alternative.
  9. Check founder discussions in Indie Hackers about churn issues to find SaaS pain points worth fixing.
  10. Monitor X for users complaining about expensive SaaS tools and build lighter, cheaper versions.
  11. Join SaaS founder Slack groups and listen for recurring technical issues and pains.
  12. Review feature request boards of popular SaaS products to find highly requested but unbuilt features.
  13. Search GitHub for popular open-source SaaS tools and turn them into hosted services for non-devs.
  14. Use Reddit mining tools to find highly upvoted complaints and pain points in niche communities.
  15. Research underserved keywords with high search intent using SEO tools to spot product gaps. You can use Rankdesk AI for all your SEO output.
  16. Feed YC startup documents into Claude and brainstorm derivative ideas with unique angles.
  17. Ask Claude to extract the model from a successful startup and apply it to overlooked industries.
  18. Search Reddit for posts with words like “frustrated” or “need” to uncover pain-driven ideas.
  19. Join niche Facebook Groups and monitor posts with high engagement, asking for help or advice
  20. Interview niche professionals on Zoom and ask what annoys them most about their workflow.
  21. Use Google Trends to find rising topics with no dedicated products or services yet.
  22. Scrape job boards for frequently requested tools or platforms companies are hiring around.
  23. Watch YouTube tutorials in specific industries and note any manual steps that could be automated.
  24. Browse Gumroad or Etsy to see what creators are selling and what’s missing from the market.
  25. Ask ChatGPT to simulate 10 different personas and list their top daily frustrations.
  26. Monitor “r/entrepreneur” and “r/startups” for ideas people gave up on due to complexity or tools missing.
  27. Check Product Hunt comments for feature requests that keep popping up.
  28. Look for outdated SaaS tools with ugly UIs and rebuild a modern version targeting the same user.
  29. Find subreddits with growing membership but no tools built specifically for them.
  30. Go to Quora and filter questions by topic to see what people keep asking that never gets good answers.
  31. Track Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects that failed and ask why, look for fixable flaws.
  32. Use X advanced search to find tweets with “I wish there was a tool for...”
  33. Search Google for “best [tool] for [niche]” and look for results with no clear winner or outdated links.
  34. Follow industry-specific newsletters and track repeated complaints or tool shout-outs.
  35. Ask freelancers what tasks they always bill for but could be done with a product.
  36. Find “Notion templates” or “Airtable bases” used repeatedly and turn them into standalone apps.
  37. Watch TikToks where people show clever hacks and build a productized version of that hack.
  38. Scrape app reviews in the App Store or Play Store for patterns of missing features or poor UX.
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