Stop building products nobody wants. Learn how to find and validate real market problems using web scraping, AI analysis, and proven validation frameworks.
of startups fail because there's no market need
Source: CB Insights
average time wasted building the wrong product
Source: Startup Genome
higher success rate with validated problems
Source: Harvard Business Review
The biggest mistake founders make: Building solutions before validating whether the problem is real, urgent, and worth solving.
Don't guess what problems exist. Use web scraping to find real complaints, frustrations, and pain points from forums, Reddit, Twitter, review sites, and support tickets.
Instead of manually scraping dozens of sources, Knotic automatically finds and ranks validated problems from thousands of data sources using AI.
Not all problems are worth solving. Check if people are actively searching for solutions, asking for recommendations, or trying DIY workarounds.
Web data gives you signals, but you need human validation. Interview 10-20 people who experience the problem using The Mom Test framework.
Don't build anything yet. Test if people will actually pay by creating a landing page, running ads, or preselling the solution.
Create a one-page site describing the solution. Track signups. Goal: 100+ emails in 2 weeks.
Post: "I'm building [solution] for [problem]. Would you use it?" Look for "shut up and take my money" replies.
Run $100-$500 in Google/Facebook ads to your landing page. Track click-through and conversion rates.
Offer a founding member discount or early access. Get 10+ paid commitments before building.
If you can get 10-50 people to give you money (or strong commitments) BEFORE you build anything, you've validated a real problem.
"Email is too slow" - Found recurring complaints from executives/founders on Twitter, forums
Created invite-only beta with $30/month pricing. Got 10,000+ waitlist signups before launch.
Superhuman is now valued at $825M with $30-$40M ARR. All because they validated the problem first.
"Would you use a tool that makes email 10x faster?"
→ Everyone says yes. It's meaningless.
They'll lie to be nice. Your mom will say your idea is great.
→ Talk to strangers who match your target market.
"No competitors = untapped market!"
→ Usually means no demand. Competitors validate the market.
"I'll validate after I launch the MVP"
→ You'll waste 6 months on something nobody wants.
"100 people said they'd try it!"
→ Did any of them pay? Commit? Or just "sounds cool"?
Get specific commitments. Money, time, or clear next steps.
→ "I'll pay $X when it's ready" or "I'll beta test for 3 months"
Knotic combines web scraping, AI analysis, and validation signals to find pre-validated problems automatically.
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