"BUT I DON'T HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS IDEA"
Are Ideas worth ANYTHING?
Chances are high...
..your idea is not that special after all
...and somebody already had it before you!
FUCK IDEAS!
HOW ABOUT...
PAINS
We ALL have some
Every. Single. Day!
Pains drive us...to look for solutions
Pains multiply
Example: I need a website
Solution: I buy one, problem solved! But...
Now I need
- webdesign
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customization
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photos
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graphics
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updated business cards/flyers
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updated posters, ads, banners
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SEO
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SEM
- Website content
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social media
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support
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training
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software updates
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webserver
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domains
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updates
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upgrades
Every pain solved creates 10 new ones
Instead of ideas...
We hunt for PAINS!
...and come up with solutions
Where do we find pains?
Literally EVERYWHERE
Not helping, man...
So we need to start SOMEWHERE
Tip: Start with an audience...
..which you are part of already
Why?
Chances are high, you had the same problem in the past
Or you can RELATE to it
Take advantage of your EXISTING knowledge
Plenty of pains to HUNT for online:
Forums
social networks
conferences
even Amazon reviews
...anywhere where a discussion takes place
But who am I to solve it?
You are in luck!
People don't care about your degree if you can solve their pains
Often you will feel like...
Most Entrepreneurs feel that way
VALIDATE your solution
on the customer!
Before you build your product...
Dropbox (10B market cap) started with NO product
"instead of digging into servers and building [...] network before they had the slightest idea that people would use it, the team tried something much simpler."
Don't give up...
...or kill the product if necessary
...iterate...
Prepair to fail
and start over!
Recommended...
- 4 Hour Work Week
- 100$ Startup
- Breaking the time barrier (free PDF)
- The Brain Audit
- smartpassiveincome.com
- iwillteachyoutoberich.com
- stackingthebricks.com
- okdork.com
Books
Websites
Full list soon on:
Time for live demo
let's get down to business...pains!
...if we have time left ;)