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Find the job-search problem worth solving.

We are researching urgent, expensive problems in the AI-shaped 2026 hiring market before building a single product. Evidence comes first; spending and implementation wait for owner approval.

No paid ads, tools, domains, contractors, or services without explicit approval.

Career Lab research workspace

Founder commitments

What to expect before anything is sold

Verified over invented

Evidence and assumptions will be labeled separately. No fabricated reviews, demand, or results.

One narrow customer

The research will select one urgent micro-problem—not a generic career site or sprawling catalog.

Approval before commitment

The recommended opportunity will be presented for approval before product development or any financial commitment.

Phase 1 → Phase 3

A disciplined path to one useful product

The storefront stays intentionally pre-launch while the opportunity is investigated, challenged, and approved.

  1. 01

    Research five micro-problems

    Identify specific job seekers and the exact pain they face. Evaluate urgency, alternatives, paid competition, complaints, search behavior, willingness to pay, organic reach, support load, and automation potential.

  2. 02

    Try to disprove each idea

    Test whether free AI already solves it, the market is saturated, customers are difficult to reach, or meaningful results require personalized human service.

  3. 03

    Recommend one winner

    Score the survivors for pain, demand, differentiation, margin, organic acquisition, speed to first sale, low support, and compatibility with automated operations.

  4. 04

    Pause for owner approval

    Explain why the recommendation beat its alternatives, disclose uncertainties, and wait. Major implementation begins only after approval.

Product standard

Useful enough to beat a blank AI chat

If approved, the smallest paid product must earn its price through researched structure, sequencing, decision frameworks, practical examples, tested workflows, and usable assets—not generic generated text.

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Pricing status

No product—and no invented price—yet

A tentative $19–$99 range will be tested against customer value and competing offers. The final package and price will follow evidence and owner approval.

Research phase

Not for sale

What happens next

  • • Five evidence-backed opportunities are compared.
  • • Weak ideas are rejected, not quietly carried forward.
  • • One recommendation is submitted for approval.
  • • Only then are product scope and pricing validated.

Current action

Research first. Approve before we build.

The next deliverable is a transparent comparison of five job-seeker micro-problems and one recommended winner.

See the evaluation path