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How To Come Up With A Business Idea
In: Business Ideas By: Brian Armstrong
28 Jun 2010Here are a collection of questions you can answer to come up with business ideas. These are taken from Paul Graham’s excellent article on the subject which is worth reading if you have the time.
Sit down with a cup of coffee and force yourself to write out 10 answers to each of these questions. Even if you think they are silly, force yourself to write 10. You’ll be off to a good start.
- What do I find intolerable?
- What luxury can I turn into a commodity?
- What big companies solution could I make easier to use?
- What will kids in 10 years look back on and not believe about how difficult our lives were?
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Chuck Cohn
July 1st, 2010 at 2:52 am
I come up with my best ideas when I start surfing the web in the middle of the night while highly caffeinated … I thought of the idea for Varsity Tutors at 4 am while studying for a calculus test and pulling an all-nighter in college …..
One thing that has helped me is keeping a spreadsheet of the ideas – definitely helps get the ideas flowing and make sure you don’t forget them.
Brian Armstrong
July 1st, 2010 at 5:17 am
Haha…yep I’ve got a text document on my computer where I jot down biz ideas too :)
bobby
July 6th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
great link, thanks! (i also have a running spreadsheet of ideas, funny)
Krisenkindt
July 17th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Short and right on the spot! :)
Very nice!
Ms. T
August 31st, 2010 at 4:42 am
Its so weird that I am reading this at this very minute. I was looking for these same answers for a very long time, and I stumbled upon this website that has some amazing information on how to build a corporation from scratch with no money down. No seriously. I couldnt believe it either!! I dont mean to boast, but I was able to get about $20k in funding just by learning how to build a strong profile around my company’s EIN, not my SSN. Anyhoo, I can go on and on…but check it out.
http://www.goldberg-stein.org/