curiousChallenge Explorer
Entrepreneurshipbeginner~20 mins

Identify a common problem faced by students and create a business idea to solve it.

Every student faces small daily frustrations that nobody has bothered to solve.

Real-world context

Every student faces small daily frustrations that nobody has bothered to solve. Spotting one and shaping it into a simple business idea is the first step of entrepreneurship.

The challenge

Identify a common problem faced by students and create a business idea to solve it. Study who is affected, dig past the obvious symptoms to the real root causes, and design a solution that could actually work in the real world. There is no single correct answer — what matters is the quality of your thinking, the stakeholders you consider, and how clearly you justify your chosen direction.

Reflection prompts

  • Who is most affected by this problem, and how did you account for them?
  • What is the single biggest risk to your solution working?
  • Which assumption, if wrong, would break your whole idea?