Why Your Investment Frustrations Could Help You Build A New Business

Posted on 2/26/2026, 6:52:33 PM

Have you ever invested your money before? Stocks and shares, cryptocurrency, real estate, tactile goods, etc., it doesn’t matter. If you’ve bought something purely to see it grow in value over time, you’ve invested! 

But when you were investing your money, doing your research, networking with other investors, and selling things on, did you ever have a moment where you wanted to tear your hair out? 

Probably! Because investing is rarely straight forward, no matter how confident you feel with your financial control. 

You’ve probably had quite a few blood-pressure-raising frustrations to deal with during your investment journey, such as losing money (pure and simple), to buying something that wasn’t anywhere near as valuable as you were told. 

But do you know what you can do with this experience now? Let it make some money for you as well! 

Because when you’ve had a frustrating investment journey, you can start a business to help others who are in the position you once were.

And if you’re not quite sure what we mean by that, let us explain. 

You’ve Been There!

You know how frustrating it is to try and get your investment journey off of the ground! You’ve been there, you’ve been through it, and you can empathize. 

That’s the most important thing about becoming a new business owner in the personal finance sector. 

You know what it’s like to be confused about the best investment decision to make, and how this sense of confusion can lead to shoddy investments, early withdrawals, and losing it all overnight. 

You know the fear that can keep you up at night, as well as how easy it is to fall into an obsessive cycle of checking the way your stocks or crypto are performing. 

It’s the best kind of emotional intelligence to have on your side. You’re not just putting yourself in your customer’s shoes. You’ve actually worn them before now, and you’re making sure the heel doesn't give it like it did with you. 

And this will really shine in both your messaging and marketing. Everything you say and offer will have this extra depth of understanding to it. That makes coming up with a tag line all the easier. 

You Know What Tech Might Be Helpful

If you’ve ever wanted an app that lets you make investment decisions according to your actual level of knowledge, insight, and understanding, you wouldn’t be the first person! 

Some apps are just too basic and restrictive, and others require you to have a degree in finance to even begin to understand the acronyms used in their category tabs. 

Either way, you were feeling pretty lost in trying to understand which fund was right for you, or what your tax responsibilities would be for the year ahead. 

And in having these frustrations, you’ve probably had quite a few ideas for helpful tech that other investors would probably love to use. After all, if you’ve wanted it to exist, other newbie investors will want the same thing!

It’s not impossible to make these software dreams come true either. Check out some of the best innovations in the fintech world in recent years:

Cryptocurrency block explorers

Your investment service could offer advice on crypto trading, for sure. However, if you also know how to build a block explorer, you can make it much easier for clients and/or users to find these things out for themselves. 

And if the digitization of everything to do with finances has taught us anything, it’s that financial customers want convenience. 

They don’t want to have to go down to the bank to see the teller, nor do they want to have to take time out for a 20+ minute meeting to go over transaction details. 

They want information here and now - and you’ve probably also been in this position multiple times over the course of your investment journey. 

That’s what a block explorer can do; the information you need on chain targets within just a few moments of knowing you’re interested in moving money through them. 

Offer this as part of your service and your business could provide the best user experience on the market.

Digital tax filing

You don’t need to write your taxes out on paper anymore. You don’t need to work through complex forms, and make sure you have the exact right one that’s ever so slightly different coded to another. 

You can file your taxes digitally these days, thanks to various apps and bookkeeping software that simplify the process.

For many users, this takes hours off filing taxes, whether they’re working close to the deadline or not. When something is simple, it’s far less scary. 

You Have a Personal Edge

You’ve been there, remember! You know what your customers are dealing with, the intricacies of the worries they have around their finances, and you want to help. 

That gives you the personal edge that many businesses can lack - especially those of a larger or more corporate nature. 

If someone reaches out for advice, you’re not there to fob them off with a quick response email or a chat bot. 

You’re personally involved with your business, and that gives you the personal edge that makes customer service interactions much more warm and fruitful. 

Know How Frustrating Investing Can Be? Why Not Build a Business?

Investing can be a massive headache, and there’s been multiple points where you’ve wondered why you even got started with it in the first place. 

You’re not the only person to have these thoughts when delving into trading and the stock market. There are hundreds of thousands, and maybe even millions, of people just like you out there. 

And if you racked your brains, you’d probably be able to come up with a solution that could help out every single one of them.

So why not go for it? If you’ve been looking for a good side hustle to get involved with, you could have a future in the financial sector.