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Coming up with a kickass idea
GW Entrepreneursgwentrepreneurs.com
To come up with startup ideas
“The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself.”
-Paul graham
Further reading: How to Get startup ideas
IDEation processDentify topic
Iscover market
xamine jTBD
Pply pro/con
Hink solutions!
dentify metrics
Pen expeirmentation
Egotiate results
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30 Problems worth solvingBy y-combinator
1. A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom.
2. Simplified browsing. The web for grandparents and children
3. New news. Blogs? crowdsourced? Reddit & Hacker News?
4. Outsourced IT. Wofoo, Amazon Web Services, Google Tag Manager...
5. Enterprise software 2.0. SMB Technology
6. More variants of cRM. Salesforce, Pipedrive, Trello...
7. Something your company needs that doesn't exist. “We’d pay for X to make our lives easier”
8. dating. chicken Egg Problem: Sites w/ less people = better matches, but a smaller # of matches...
9. Photo/video sharing services. Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Flickr, deviantArt...2.0
10. Auctions. Ebay 2.0
30 Problems worth solvingBy y-combinator
11. Web Office apps. compete with Microsoft Office...Google Cocs?
12. Fix advertising. Engaging ads that provide value add to the viewer + advertiser?
13. Online learning. 2U, coursera, Skillshare...
14. Tools for measurement. Identify most productive units (people, departments, projects) in the organization
15. Off the shelf security. AdT competitor? Smart House?
16. A form of search that depends on design. Search + design = Advantage over google
17. New payment methods. Square? Bitcoins? Nfc?
18. The WebOS. chromeOS
19. Application and/or data hosting.
20. Shopping guides. Identifying what you want..not just the cheapest place to find it
30 Problems worth solvingBy y-combinator
21. Finance software for individuals and small businesses. Intuit 2.0 , indinero...
22. A web-based Excel/database hybrid. Robust spreadsheet as database...intuitive database creation with integrations
23. More open alternatives to Wikipedia. Wikipedia = wide...what about deep?
24. A buffer against bad customer service. User-friendly wrapper around customer service...user end!
25. A Craigslist competitor. craigslist as a good business!
26. Better video chat. Skype 2.0! Rabbit?
27. Hardware/software hybrids. Software driven hardware solutions. See Meraki! Sold for $1.2 billion!!!
28. Fixing email overload. Inbox as to-do list + Too many emails. Mailbox App? Mailplane
29. Easy site builders for specific markets. Niche intuitive web builders. Wix or Weebly or About.me for restaurants, hair salons, etc...
30. Startups for startups. Yc, Techcrunch, Elastic Sales!
Identify a topic
PickA
Passion or
pain point
Discover market
whocurrentlysolves
the Problem?
List them!
Examine job to be done
identifyThe job
customers Are trying to have
solved
Talk to users of a current solution if necessary
Apply pro/con
What featuresDo current products have
that makes them
SolutionsTo the
JTBD?
Think solutions!
What featuresWould make a
better solution To the
JTBD?
Identify metrics
What would you trackTo see if you
better solve To the
JTBD?
Open experimentation
Ask potential customers...Landing page + ads...
Market research
Negotiate results
Track customer receptionAdjust for what works
Drop what does not
Iterate...