How To Pick A Startup Idea

Jon Xu, 12 minute video

Video from Y Combinator. Watch on YouTube or in the YC Library.

What you'll get

Jon Xu's advice: commit to one idea, then learn your customer's business well enough to run it. The ideas worth building tend to show up once you're that close.

Do this week

Watch one potential customer do the task your product targets, from start to finish, and write down every step they take.