How to Get Startup Ideas

Paul Graham, essay

This lesson is an essay published on paulgraham.com.

Read the essay

What you'll get

Paul Graham says strong ideas usually start as something you wish existed and could build yourself, in an area most people haven't yet taken seriously. Notice them as they come instead of forcing a brainstorm.

Do this week

List three tools, pieces of gear or household things you've wished someone made better, and mark the one you could build a rough working version of within a month.