Ideas Lab
Collected resources to help you think about startup idea. To know what is a startup, watch this Da7ee7 video.
Choosing Startup Ideas
- • The idea should solve a real problem
- • The more innovative the idea, the better
- • The idea can exist in other countries but not in Egypt
- • Harder problems with bigger impact often have less competition
Videos
Articles
How to Get Startup Ideas
Paul Graham
The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself. The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing. Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook all began this way.
Idea Generation
Sam Altman
The most common question prospective startup founders ask is how to get ideas for startups. The second most common question is if you have any ideas for their startup.
Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas
Paul Graham
You come up with a random idea, plunge into it, then at each point feel you've put so much time into it that this must be THE idea.
Pitching
Need inspiration for your pitch deck? Check out Airbnb's original pitch deck.