How I use Reddit and AI to find winning startup ideas

Synopsis

Solo episode on Reddit-led startup ideation: use Gummy Search to find trending 10K–100K member subreddits, answer the 'why now' question, look for niches where you have an unfair advantage. For each subreddit, read the 'pain and anger', 'advice requests' and 'solution requests' for recurring themes, then use Perplexity to find top YouTube creators in the niche and read comments on 20–25 videos to think like the audience. Wireframe the solution in Framer, pick a catchy name, then use Gummy Search's 'top content' to plan posts that resonate.

Ideas in this episode

• AI keyword / SEO research tool

  Add a Gummy-Search-style pain-extraction skill to ProjectIndex that, given a subreddit, surfaces recurring themes and candidate niche SaaS ideas with the unfair-advantage score.