You don't make money just by solving problems.

13 Mar, 2025

It's true.

• The air solves your problem of survival, but it makes no money.
• The sunshine solves your problem of warmth, but it makes no money.
• The earth solves your problem of food, but it makes no money.
• Your family and friends solve your emotional problems, but they don't make money from you.

It's logical to think that:

1. Solving problems creates value.
2. Value can be captured, making money.
3. So, solving problems makes money.

What's taken for granted is how to capture value. You need infrastructure to account for the value exchange and to capture some of it.

• The earth doesn't make money, but the farmers do.
• The sun doesn't make money, but the solar farms do.

There's so much more value created than captured in the world. That's a good thing :)

Summary: Solving problems is necessary to make money. But it's not sufficient. Solving problems create value, but still needs to capture it.