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Idea generating questions

<aside> 💡 What do you wish someone would make for you?

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<aside> 💡 What did the previous you 5 years ago needed?

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<aside> 💡 In which situations do you say “there has to be a better way to do this.”?

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<aside> 💡 What can be made 10x less stressful in your life?

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<aside> 💡 Which problems do you encounter yourself?

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<aside> 💡 Which products aren’t introduced yet in other markets?

remoteok.com >>> weremoto.com

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<aside> 💡 What are you obsessed with? What could you research daily, that would feel like play instead of work?

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<aside> 💡 Where do you have an unfair advantage to build a business? (skills, expertise, relationships)

*exporditeapp.co.uk made by a lawyer*

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<aside> 💡 What is the worst or ugliest thing you pay for?

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<aside> 💡 What can be made 10x faster?

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<aside> 💡 Which products can be turned into cheaper or more luxurious versions?

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<aside> 💡 What is a trend that is big in one specific market?

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<aside> 💡 Which product could replace your (freelance) services?

canva.com replacing designers

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<aside> 💡 How can you solve problems for specific platforms?

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Exercises

• How to use review sites to find an idea?
• How to come up with creative ideas?
• How to find good business ideas in the Google and Amazon Graveyard?
• How to use Reddit to find a good idea?
• How to find an audience first idea?

Which idea should you go for?

Ask yourself these questions:

• Can I be the best at this?
• Do I want to be the best at this?
• Am I passionate about solving this problem for real customers?
• Does this fit with my WHY?
• Does this fit with my lifestyle goals?

Tools

<aside> 🧰 Exploding Topics Surface rapidly growing topics before they take off.

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<aside> 🧰 Idea Generator A tool that helps you to come up with ideas specifically tailored to your interests and talents.

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<aside> 🧰 Glimpse Google Trends Supercharged.

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<aside> 🧰 Subreddit Stats See which topics are growing fast on Reddit

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<aside> 🧰 Google Trends Explore what the world is searching

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<aside> 🧰 Answer the Public Discover what people are asking.

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<aside> 🧰 Gummy Search Search for pain points, solutions to be built, content ideas on Reddit

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<aside> 🧰 I wish there was A Twitter crawler for app ideas

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