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I want to start a startup, but have no ideas. What should I do?

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Re: I want to start a startup, but have no ideas. What should I do?

#31
I'll give you 100 ideas:

Pick the top 100 web business in US and port them to spanish to cater users from Mexico to Argentina, or portuguese for brazil.

There are three huge markets this side of the pond, in english, spanish and portuguese, each one with 300M potential users.

Re: I want to start a startup, but have no ideas. What should I do?

#34
post #27

The problem that most people (including myself) have is that they jump at the first halfway decent idea they come across. Don't do that! Sit down with a piece of blank piece of paper (metaphorically - you'll want to use a text editor) and start writing down ideas. Make them crazy. Zero negative feedback. Get the creative juices flowing. What do people pay for? Services. Information. Money saving. Social opportunities…

This is an excellent idea. I would make just one small addition, which is do it with your co-founder. Make your list. Have them make their own list, and then compare notes over dinner/beer.

Doing it with a friend will cause you to come up with ideas that you wouldn't have alone, and it's good to make sure you're both on the same page.

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