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How to Get Startup Ideas
- Live in the future and build what seems interesting.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
Ajinkya Wadhwa added 2y ago
- The unsexy filter is similar to the schlep filter, except it keeps you from working on problems you despise rather than ones you fear.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
Ajinkya Wadhwa added 2y ago
- When you have an idea for a startup, ask yourself: who wants this right now? Who wants this so much that they'll use it even when it's a crappy version one made by a two-person startup they've never heard of? If you can't answer that, the idea is probably bad.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
Ajinkya Wadhwa added 2y ago
- In fact, one strategy I recommend to people who need a new idea is not merely to turn off their schlep and unsexy filters, but to seek out ideas that are unsexy or involve schleps.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
Ajinkya Wadhwa added 2y ago
- Once you're living in the future in some respect, the way to notice startup ideas is to look for things that seem to be missing. If you're really at the leading edge of a rapidly changing field, there will be things that are obviously missing. What won't be obvious is that they're startup ideas.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
Ajinkya Wadhwa added 2y ago
- Similarly, since the most successful startups generally ride some wave bigger than themselves, it could be a good trick to look for waves and ask how one could benefit from them.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
Ajinkya Wadhwa added 2y ago
- Pay particular attention to things that chafe you.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
Ajinkya Wadhwa added 2y ago
- There are two more filters you'll need to turn off if you want to notice startup ideas: the unsexy filter and the schlep filter.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
Ajinkya Wadhwa added 2y ago
- Beware of research. I think the reason is that the subset of ideas that count as research is so narrow that it's unlikely that a project that satisfied that constraint would also satisfy the orthogonal constraint of solving users' problems.
from How to Get Startup Ideas by Paul Graham
Ajinkya Wadhwa added 2y ago