Ask HN: Why Ideas Suck?

2 pointsjoanna_6y ago3 comments

I jotted down a few startup ideas. After sometime when I thought about them, they seem like useless.

New apps are popping up making millions.

Why cannot I find a profitable idea?

3 comments

x0hm6y ago

Because your ideas are generated internally. You're creating something before its necessary.

Find something that brings people pain, and then solve that pain. Your ideas will be generated from externalities.

Your thinking should shift from "how can I make this idea work" to "how can I solve this problem".

Fill in natural blanks. Don't try to create, try to solve.

verdverm6y ago

Ideas can be generated internally, if you have the pain yourself. This is actually better than finding a pain for someone else that you don't know yet. But totally agree, focus on problems first, and then find a sufficient solution, otherwise you are a hammerhead shark gone fishing

x0hm6y ago

That's a good point, and probably a better way of saying it.

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Ask HN: Why Ideas Suck?

2 pointsjoanna_6y ago3 comments

I jotted down a few startup ideas. After sometime when I thought about them, they seem like useless.

New apps are popping up making millions.

Why cannot I find a profitable idea?

3 comments

x0hm6y ago

Because your ideas are generated internally. You're creating something before its necessary.

Find something that brings people pain, and then solve that pain. Your ideas will be generated from externalities.

Your thinking should shift from "how can I make this idea work" to "how can I solve this problem".

Fill in natural blanks. Don't try to create, try to solve.

verdverm6y ago

x0hm6y ago

That's a good point, and probably a better way of saying it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse