Ask HN: How much would you pay to solve the largest problem you face?
I'm working on something new and I need to test it with real problems - the kind that keep you stuck for weeks or months. (basically stumbled on this framework, solving my own problems and want to see who else it could be useful for / what people would pay). Really just looking for a conversation. Here's what I'm looking for: complex situations where you've tried multiple approaches but nothing quite clicks. Business strategy paralysis, relationship dynamics you can't figure out, career transitions that feel impossible, creative blocks, or any problem where you know there's a solution but can't see it. Not selling anything - just testing whether this approach actually works for problems other than my own.
40, single, can't get past the first date. "Don't feel the spark/connection" etc. Things aren't about to get easier. Below-avg attractiveness but not horrible, tall, in-shape. Nerdy hobbies. (Think engineering etc, vice DnD). Would pay $$$ to solve this.
You can pay $$$ to solve it. They say it's the world's oldest profession (or p2p business if you prefer).
> complex situations where you've tried multiple approaches but nothing quite clicks
What are the multiple approaches you've tried?
Some of the largest real problems are: climate change, energy instability, micro-plastics pollution, poverty, malnutrition, lack of clean potable water, tornadoes destroying communities, floods destroying towns and agriculture, etc, etc.
Still waiting to see effective solutions being implemented.
How much I would pay depends on what it is and if it actually solves the problem. A lot of people make bold claims that often fall flat. Maybe they work for others, but they didn’t have any lasting impact on me.
fair, what are the scopes of your problems generally?
not only in a business context, this could be a health issue. i helped someone develop a plan to treat their knee pain
My email is kbe@gmx.us, my company would EASILY be willing to pay anyone upwards of $100M/yr salary to help solve our number one problem of how to make $100 million/yr in profit!
find something that cuts people s time for setting something up down from 1 month to 5 mins and that company ll defintiely do 100M ARR
Claude and gpt can do it for $20/mo
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What I suffer from can't be fixed. I have schizoaffective disorder a mental illness that makes it hard to work much less remember things. Before I developed it I was a 10x programmer and a super debugger.
i would love to chat more about this. my backgrounds in bme and personally interested in health.
My email is orionblastar@gmail.com
Here is a definition of my mental illness: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/schizoaffecti...
Here is some more: https://www.bridgestorecovery.com/schizoaffective-disorder/l...
Employers do not like me having it because it makes it harder to do work and some days are worse than others. Management just doesn't understand my mental illness so I am on disability because I cannot hold down a job.
Your condition sounds really challenging. I'm sorry you have to suffer from it and I truly wish you well.