How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas

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<aside> <img src="/icons/video-camera_gray.svg" alt="/icons/video-camera_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Watch ‘How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas | Startup School’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th8JoIan4dg

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<aside> <img src="/icons/close_red.svg" alt="/icons/close_red.svg" width="40px" /> Avoid these common mistake in startup ideas

Not solving a real problem
Getting stuck on a 'Tarpit idea’
- Widespread problem that lots of potential founders encounter, seems like it could be easily solvable with a startup
- There’s a structural reason why it’s actually very difficult to solve
Not evaluating an idea
Waiting for the perfect idea </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/checkmark-line_green.svg" alt="/icons/checkmark-line_green.svg" width="40px" /> Recipes for generating startup idea

Start with what your team is especially good at
Start with a problem you’ve encountered
Think of things you personally wish existed
Look for things in the world that have changed recently
Look for new variants of successful companies
Talk to people and ask what problems they have
Look for big industries that seems broken </aside>

Brainstorm your ideas

Idea Tracker

<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Key questions to ask about your startup idea

[ ] Do you have founder market fit?
[ ] How big is the market?
[ ] How acute is this problem?
[ ] Do you have competition? (Most good startup ideas have good competition.)
[ ] Do you or someone you know want this?
[ ] Did this only recently become possible or necessary?
[ ] Are there proxies for your business?
[ ] Is this is something you’d want to work on for years?
[ ] Is this a scalable business?
[ ] Is this a good idea space?

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