if you are in the process of brainstorming for entrepreneurial ventures consider the following startups that zeroed in on a problem and offered a feasible and scalable solution keen to start a business but cant decide on a viable idea one way out of this quandary may be to start looking at problems around you numerous startups have blossomed not because they boasted a revolutionary business idea but because they managed to find an efficient solution to a problem that others had either ignored or were unable to solvewheres the problem in one word everywhere problems can be big or niche personal professional or both according to gautam gandhi head of new business development for google india and a serial entrepreneur an open mind and communication are the easiest ways to locate a problem ask people about the issues they face and see how many are affected by it he addshow to do it here are some startups that grew by solving problemsthe maids company this venture set up by gurgaonbased gauri singh in 2010 turned out to be a boon for households looking for reliable help and for domestic workers who found a stable source of income this was a corollary to another idea by singhurban mahila mazdoor alliance an organisation set up by singh in august 2008 which extended financial and healthcare services to urban poor women over time singh noticed that almost 30 of the members were domestic helps we researched this unorganised market and found that there was no standardisation of skills and wages says singh her solution the maids company generated 35 lakh in the first year of operations and provides 250 maids as of noweasy fix solutions when 25yearold shaifali agarwal couldnt promptly find reliable handymenelectricians carpenters plumbersto fix the problems in her new apartment in delhi in 2009 she spotted a glaring need for a venture promising a onestop solution for homeoffice repairs two years later in 2011 she set up easy fix solutions which posted a turnover of 8090 lakh in its first year today agarwal has a team of nearly 300 people catering to the national capital region ncrdelivery on call founder ankur mehrotra has eased the way in which families shop for groceries and other monthly supplies with this 15 crore delhibased company the idea came to me when i was working in the corporate sector since i could hardly spend time with my family the only day we had to ourselves sunday went into stocking up this is true of every nuclear family and i wanted to work towards saving precious time he says he hit bullseye with deliveryoncallcom an online and oncall facility for getting everything from grocery to pet accessories even laundry service at your doorstepfarm2kitchencom seema dholi launched this gurgaonbased company in 2011 after the birth of her baby when i was pregnant with my first child i was very particular about the food i ate there was not even