How To Get Startup Ideas

How Can You Come Up With Great Startup Ideas?

Anthony FrasierFounder, The Phat StartupPartner, BrickCity Tech / Converge

I founded Playd, an app that allowed gamers to share their activity across multiple platforms. I was featured on “CNN’s Black in America: The New Promised Land - Silicon Valley.” I also made NBC The Grio’s 100: Making History Today list. Was featured in Tech Crunch, CNN Money, Black Enterprise, and speak at various industry events.

There is no set formula on startup ideas...but there are great frameworks that exist...that you can get lucky with

Startup ideas can come from two places

Others orYourself

Startup ideas can come from two places

Lets talk about other people first.

(my peeps)

Choose a market orindustry and start digging in.

Choose a market orindustry and start digging in.

With questions.

Follow Jason on Twitter @evanish | Watch full interview @ http://goo.gl/J3OEy

Jason Evanish of has a great way to interrogate.

Learn about their role in that industry or market to get some

foundation.1

What is your position at work?Who handles x task?

Do you spend tons of time doing this task?

Find out what frustrates them and what problems they have.

Don’t worry about what you think is their problems, let them

tell you.2

What would you say are the top 3 challenges in your job or life around “x” topic?If you can snap your fingers and have a solution pop up, what would that solution be?

Based on their problems offer up the idea or solution. This is to

see if they are interested and to gather feedback.3

Are they anxious to use it right away?

How is the body language or voice inflection?

Are they not impressed.... like the cat?

The best indicator is if they are......

Ready to spend

Money

$

I like Paul Graham’s formula:

I like Paul Graham’s formula:

simple solutions

“I like to find:

I like Paul Graham’s formula:

simple solutionsto overlooked problems

“I like to find:

I like Paul Graham’s formula:

simple solutionsto overlooked problemsthat actually need to be solved, and

“I like to find:

I like Paul Graham’s formula:

simple solutionsto overlooked problemsthat actually need to be solved, anddeliver them as informally as possible,

“I like to find:

I like Paul Graham’s formula:

simple solutionsto overlooked problemsthat actually need to be solved, anddeliver them as informally as possible,starting with a very crude version 1,

“I like to find:

I like Paul Graham’s formula:

simple solutionsto overlooked problemsthat actually need to be solved, anddeliver them as informally as possible,starting with a very crude version 1,then iterating rapidly.”

“I like to find:

You should be gathering feedback and iterating constantly whether the idea comes from

Others orYourself

Having technical talent on board is important but....

You should still learn to prototype.

“Learn how to hack something together so that you can get people interested in your idea, your project, your startup. If you can do that, then you have a better chance of success.”

-Fred Wilson

Lets talk about

You.

There are different ways to look at it.

Your passion

Idea

What others care about

Video Games

N4G.com

When new games are coming out

You

Organic

Need

You

Your Jobs,Experiences,

Activities,etc.

Organic

You

Your Jobs,Experiences,

Activities,etc.

OrganicNeed

You

Your Jobs,Experiences,

Activities,etc.

OrganicNeed

"Why doesn't someone make x? If someone

made x we'd buy it in a second."

You

Your Jobs,Experiences,

Activities,etc.

OrganicNeed

Need

Need

"Why doesn't someone make x? If someone

made x we'd buy it in a second."

Your going to come across a need or a problem out of your own experiences. Interrogate yourself.

Blogs you should read!

The Fallacy of Chasing Startup Ideas

How To Get Startup Ideas

How to Use Mind Maps for Managing Ideas

http://bit.ly/ToPld0

http://bit.ly/QoaQNM

http://bit.ly/YnJBpQ

Thanks!hit me uplets chat!

Anthony Frasierinfo@anthonyfrasier.com@anthonyfrasier

Come check me out at:anthonyfrasier.com &ThePhatStartup.com