We needed to develop both prototypes and production apps faster, so we built tooling...which turned into Exponential.io (tooling as a service).
> seeing the pain our sales teams actually had while doing sales.
This is a great way to find a product. At a minimum, you know you're solving one company's problems (your own). As it's likely there are similar companies, then it's a good indicator that there is potential for the product.
We needed to develop both prototypes and production apps faster, so we built tooling...which turned into Exponential.io (tooling as a service).
> seeing the pain our sales teams actually had while doing sales.
This is a great way to find a product. At a minimum, you know you're solving one company's problems (your own). As it's likely there are similar companies, then it's a good indicator that there is potential for the product.