Idea GenerationMatthew Stafford

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Some ideas

A creative (i.e. silly) idea

Who are you anyway?

• You are?

• What’s a crazy fact?

Never a better time• Global opportunities

• Cheap(er) tech

• Access to resources is high (global)

• Startup support is high

Where do ideas come from?• Your own experiences?

• Problems you see?

• Opportunities for money?

• Accidental or deliberate?

A good book

Why so tough?

It’s the goal of every Englishman to get to his grave unembarrassed.

— John Cleese

You could complainMoan, Moan, Moan

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The Raw Materials

So where to start?

13

‘Correct’

6.5

‘Correct?’

Thir

‘Correct?’

teen

‘Correct?’

XI

‘Correct?’

II

‘Correct?’

6

‘Correct?’

7

What else works?

Begin as absurd….“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”

!― Albert Einstein

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Kyle McDonald - July 2005 - July 2006

End up as obvious….

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"Almost all top performers get increasingly more comfortable at having uncomfortable conversations. E.g. Talking to a spouse, firing an employee, asking for help." !

—Tim Ferriss