I've always just looked on highdeas for these?
How to find start-up ideas
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#22I find startup ideas by looking at the domain names which are expiring and are in the pendingDelete status. I acquired lots of these and for some I am writing down what can be done for it.
When you start a startup it’s good to have a good domain name right away - just ask Mint.com how much they had to give up for that good domain name (gave up some good equity) - or ask Facebook, which paid $200,000 for it after it became successful (money which could be used for the actual business)
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#23I've always just looked on highdeas for these?
(linky) http://highdeas.com/
Also Halfbakery - http://www.halfbakery.com/
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#24An idea I had 5 years ago was related to local (social networking, news, events,classifieds) - at that time local wasn’t the hot topic it is today (and Facebook was just for colleges).
How did I came up with that? I had a need - I was a fresh immigrant to US (coming from Eastern Europe) - didn’t know almost anybody - and I though would be nice to have a local site for each neighborhood (based of the zip code level) where people can interact, post local news, local events, local classifieds.
I even start coding and did a prototype in the free time I had, and I almost 1 year (which is still online at http://www.mirceagoia.com/local ) hoping that I may present that to an investor - well, I was too new here and I had to look for a job eventually, to survive. So, i abandoned the idea - but, who knows, that idea could be still viable, especially nowadays.
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#25I find startup ideas by looking at the domain names which are expiring and are in the pendingDelete status. I acquired lots of these and for some I am writing down what can be done for it. When you start a startup it’s good to have a good domain name right away - just ask Mint.com how much they had to give up for that good domain name (gave up some good equity) - or ask Facebook, which paid $200,000 for it after it b…
facebook had thefacebook.com initially and I don't think it was very expensive. I actually found thefacebook.com to be equally satisfying for me.
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#26Would people who can't find startup ideas be interested in paying for a service that provides a stream of ideas along with basic market research? I don't know what the exact mechanism would be (subscription of some sort most likely, with an additional "Pay to remove this idea from all the listings" fee).
No. I think ideas are a dime a dozen. I used to have a huge list of ideas, they are worth nothing because they never saw the day of light.
I'm always surprised by people who can't think of an idea to work on. My problem is I start on one and then get distracted by the next one too soon. I've got a jar of post-its with ideas of varying strength.
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Definitely. I would classify myself as someone who desires the challenge, autonomy, and opportunity for growth of a startup, but I have a difficult time identifying viable ideas. I feel like I'm a creative problem solver , but not a creative problem identifier . I am an engineer at heart - I love to build all kinds of things, from software to electronics, etc. If you give me an idea, I can run with it and prototype i…
Howdy Philip, maybe I can be of help. I find that ideas that really grab me can hit just about any time of day or night, but only if I'm open to them. When I'm idea light, it's because I discard ideas as low value without giving them a proper shake or playing with them (hashing out a design). My poor cofounder get's rained on by my ideas when they're flowing, At this point I'm pretty confident he auto forwards them t…
If you ever want to sound-off ideas against someone, get in touch. I wonder if people start auto-deleting mine too because I will think of something new most days of the week.
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#29As soon as I started working on my startup, I started noticing lots of other problems in the world, which I wish someone would fix. At least some of these could turn into good business ideas too. So, if you are romanticising about starting a startup but don't have an idea, do this: forget about ideas and doing something new. Just pick up an existing business and try to clone it. Along the way, you will find your idea…
Agreed. I keep a journal of ideas, even for very rough ones, that I come across. Many times I read an article or deal with a certain subject at work and ideas for businesses start forming. Key for me is to write them down right away, so my mind is clear for new ideas.
When I have some time, I go back to my journal and start writing out those ideas, thinking through features, sketching. Then I might not touch it for a month and then do another round of refinement. After a while, you end up with a great archive of projects, and since you've been chewing on them for a while you have a good idea of what's worthwhile.
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No. I think ideas are a dime a dozen. I used to have a huge list of ideas, they are worth nothing because they never saw the day of light.
I'm always surprised by people who can't think of an idea to work on. My problem is I start on one and then get distracted by the next one too soon. I've got a jar of post-its with ideas of varying strength.
Maybe these people don't count the silly ideas they get, which they have no way to solve, or would not actually produce money, or are impossible.