The resources include researching Twitter conversations via Summize and Twistori, creating Google alerts for the term 'survey', researching on Yahoo Answers, etc.
I am wondering what resources/methods do you use to find problems to solve?
They'll give you plenty of problems to solve.
Many of which you can build a business around.
The project I'm working on right now is to build online tools to make contract nurses lives easier. It comes from my working as a contract nurse for 10 years, and knowing what problems that niche market has.
I have a bunch of other ideas/problems in need of solving on the back burner if this one doesn't work out. Most of them are issues that I've come across and said, "I'd love it if I had something that would help me do X, Y or Z..."
Using Twitter, Google Alerts & co. is just another way of having your eyes open (really wide, in this case), but they are hardly enough.
Do your thing, follow your bliss, and problems will find you - specifically searching for one is like searching for a girlfriend at a party.
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Check what current businesses are trying to solve. Don't use techcrunch... instead go right to the source. See what the VC's are investing in by looking at their portfolios on their website. Explore those startups... you'll probably see something that says "you can do better"
also: irc #startup