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Pain Point Discovery Prompt

Prompt

IDEAL FOR

Founders, product teams, and marketing leaders who want to understand the deepest pain points of their target customers and craft solutions that directly address them.

Early Traction Stage

Product-Market Fit

Best For
PROMPT

"I’m building [describe your startup in one sentence] for [specific target audience] in the [industry].

I need to identify the most pressing pain points my target customers experience and get actionable solutions.

Provide a structured breakdown covering:

  1. Top 5 Pain Points: The most critical problems my target audience faces. Prioritize those with the highest emotional or financial impact.

  2. Why These Pain Points Exist: The root causes behind these problems—whether inefficiencies, lack of alternatives, or industry bottlenecks.

  3. How Customers Currently Try to Solve Them: The workarounds, competitors, or tools they’re using today, and why those solutions are falling short.

  4. Emotional & Financial Impact: How these pain points affect my customers on a day-to-day level—stress, lost revenue, wasted time, frustration, etc.

  5. Opportunities to Solve Them: Specific ways my startup can address these problems better than current alternatives.

  6. Urgency & Willingness to Pay: Which of these pain points are so urgent that customers would pay immediately for a solution, and which need stronger positioning.

Keep the response detailed, data-backed, and founder-focused—I need clear insights to shape my product and messaging strategy."

"I’m building [describe your startup in one sentence] for [specific target audience] in the [industry].

I need to identify the most pressing pain points my target customers experience and get actionable solutions.

Provide a structured breakdown covering:

  1. Top 5 Pain Points: The most critical problems my target audience faces. Prioritize those with the highest emotional or financial impact.

  2. Why These Pain Points Exist: The root causes behind these problems—whether inefficiencies, lack of alternatives, or industry bottlenecks.

  3. How Customers Currently Try to Solve Them: The workarounds, competitors, or tools they’re using today, and why those solutions are falling short.

  4. Emotional & Financial Impact: How these pain points affect my customers on a day-to-day level—stress, lost revenue, wasted time, frustration, etc.

  5. Opportunities to Solve Them: Specific ways my startup can address these problems better than current alternatives.

  6. Urgency & Willingness to Pay: Which of these pain points are so urgent that customers would pay immediately for a solution, and which need stronger positioning.

Keep the response detailed, data-backed, and founder-focused—I need clear insights to shape my product and messaging strategy."

BEST USED FOR

Customer research, product-market fit validation, sales messaging refinement, feature prioritization, marketing positioning.

USE CASE

Most startups focus on what they’re building, not why customers actually need it. If you don’t know the top frustrations, inefficiencies, and blockers your customers face, you’re building blind. This prompt cuts through assumptions and gets straight to what your customers truly care about.

REALITY CHECK

If your startup isn’t solving a pain so strong that people are desperate to fix it, you’re just another nice-to-have. Find the pain that keeps them up at night—or you’ll never get them to pay.