My discoveries are not enough. I see opportunities all around me, but there are currently many good projects around us. It is often a complicated task to make full use of them. But it is the only way I see of discovering new ideas, testing and observing where the good opportunities are.<p>Have you used any kind of technique or database to obtain ideas that can be reproduced to launch competitive products?
There's no better substitute to getting people with authority in whichever of your clients is most profitable a little tipsy and asking them about what they think the problems around them are, but it takes people skills and the opportunity to meet suitable persons. I really got good at it after I read the entirety of Ribbonfarm, but you gotta carefully consider if that kind of workload is right for you.