How to Get Startup Ideas

BlogPaul GrahamJun 14, 2012

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Don't try to think of startup ideas. Look for problems β€” preferably problems you yourself have. Live in the future, then build what's missing. The best ideas seem too narrow at first. The Microsoft starting on hobbyist computers, Apple on people who couldn't afford terminals.

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Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. !Image 6 November 2012 The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself. The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the…

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