“I just look for challenges I have... I was putting my tweets in spreadsheets every night and reviewing my tweets so I can figure out what's working... odds are if you have that challenge someone probably has it as well.”

Build software that solves your own daily frustrations to find real demand

Alex validated Creator Buddy by solving a problem he personally lived with for years — manually tracking tweet performance in spreadsheets. This ensured genuine demand from day one because he understood the pain deeply, not theoretically. His own problem was the market signal.