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How to Get Startup Ideas

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Re: How to Get Startup Ideas

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1. See the future and build what it needs 2. Do something that exists 10x better 3. Scratch your own itch Maybe I'm just feeling cranky, but this feels pretty shallow to me. Mostly it seems like filler to pump their portfolio companies.

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Re: How to Get Startup Ideas

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post #3

1. See the future and build what it needs 2. Do something that exists 10x better 3. Scratch your own itch Maybe I'm just feeling cranky, but this feels pretty shallow to me. Mostly it seems like filler to pump their portfolio companies.

I mean... It feels pretty accurate to me...? Am I missing something?

It's not inaccurate, in the same way that "buy low, sell high" is not incorrect stock trading advice.

Re: How to Get Startup Ideas

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I have a huge list of "ideas" in a text file that I add to periodically... I'm filled with ideas. If I had millions of dollars, I'd hire tons of people to work on most of them. Some could be profitable, some are just good for the world, others are just interesting to me or are an area for science I think needs more exploring. I don't have time for them all sadly. I need more time to execute. If you're really struggli…

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Re: How to Get Startup Ideas

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post #3

1. See the future and build what it needs 2. Do something that exists 10x better 3. Scratch your own itch Maybe I'm just feeling cranky, but this feels pretty shallow to me. Mostly it seems like filler to pump their portfolio companies.

I mean it's correct, it's just so vague and/or obvious that it's not useful to say it.

Re: How to Get Startup Ideas

#36
post #3

1. See the future and build what it needs 2. Do something that exists 10x better 3. Scratch your own itch Maybe I'm just feeling cranky, but this feels pretty shallow to me. Mostly it seems like filler to pump their portfolio companies.

that's what half the blog posts are anyways a shallow attempt to promote something

Re: How to Get Startup Ideas

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I have a huge list of "ideas" in a text file that I add to periodically... I'm filled with ideas. If I had millions of dollars, I'd hire tons of people to work on most of them. Some could be profitable, some are just good for the world, others are just interesting to me or are an area for science I think needs more exploring. I don't have time for them all sadly. I need more time to execute. If you're really struggli…

Do you have any that could be started by a non engineer and bootstrapped? I’m working on 2 at the moment but their potential is more side-hustle-like than it is meaningful

You don't need to necessarily be an engineer (I'm actually a physiologist) but some of them (not all) might require some sort of engineer somewhere in the process, whether that's a formally trained engineer or not.

Re: How to Get Startup Ideas

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I have a huge list of "ideas" in a text file that I add to periodically... I'm filled with ideas. If I had millions of dollars, I'd hire tons of people to work on most of them. Some could be profitable, some are just good for the world, others are just interesting to me or are an area for science I think needs more exploring. I don't have time for them all sadly. I need more time to execute. If you're really struggli…

The thought of someone actually buying an _idea_ that you have for a startup is hilarious.
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