👉The ultimate guide to finding ideas!
The most important and critical part of founding successful businesses is the idea-finding.
🧲 Where to find ideas
There are several ways to deal with this. You can be looking into ready-to-use ideas, try the alternative funnel or micro-SaaS marketplaces
Ready-to-use ideas:
You can find some on these platforms:
https://nugget.one/: There are multiple ideas here, where most of the time the user addressing the problem is also detailing the issue and suggesting a way to fix it.
https://microconf.com/latest/saas-ideas: Rob Walling is an expert in the field, he selects some ideas and gives some insights, which helps guide on how to navigate them.
https://twitter.com/requestforprodx: This is really cool as you can find directly some prospects asking for products, that they are willing to pay for. This means that some validation has been already done.
There are also Newsletters that dump ideas into your inbox:
Microsaasidea
Softwareideas
You can find the whole Article with more links here: https://friendsofsaas.substack.com/p/where-to-find-ideas
I've also had some great success finding ideas with ChatGPT haha.
However, I find most ideas come from experiencing a difficulty in your life and wondering if others had the same issue.
Though the idea for Evoke was spawned from a difficulty my co-founder had.
Thanks for the mention of Micro SaaS Ideas Newsletter. Happy to answer any questions. Today this evolved as the biggest source for Micro SaaS builders.
Solid post. Broadly agree :)
What to do if you're already have too much ideas?) Where to sell them?)
Nice question haserk, so i had the same
idea for a SaaS before and it failed by the validation process. People are not willing to pay for ideas unless they are validated. But what does validation mean ? This is where the problem resides. Plus, people are not eager to work on other’s ideas. But feel free to build a tool that does this. I would buy validated ideas for sure!
it makes sense actually!
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The nugget page is not found :(
https://nugget.one/ideas
I usually don't find ideas.
I tend to look for market problems to solve. The world is not perfect. This is incredibly helpful because it helps me find problems that I can build products around.
After that, it is just building products after solving those problems.
In fact, you are actually looking for problems where you can (With your product market fit) or you are more adequate to reduce the risk then anybody else in that area.
Great suggestions. Thanks, Manakoon. Here’s something I wrote on my idea generating process. Phil… https://abitgamey.substack.com/p/my-5-step-idea-generating-process
I also read "A technique for producing ideas", it's a great book, it works. However, I usually can't even get to the first step because I can't find problems to solve. Anyone else has the same problem, or solved it?
@NavierStokes the link i posted attacks directly that problem, and will show you a step-by-step how to start.
I personally hate plain guides, because no one will show you exactly how to start.
Thanks @PhilMartin. Your 5th Phase (TEST) is our validation phase. I like the Framework.
Also, if you are active in reddit, post your Substack here : https://www.reddit.com/r/tech_newsletter/
This is an outstanding guide on finding great ideas for a business! The step-by-step approach and diverse sources of inspiration make it easy to understand and follow. I particularly appreciated the advice on validation and testing before fully committing to an idea.
Thank you for putting together such a comprehensive guide!
This is a very rich content, i am grateful for indie hackers. Thanks Manakoon
Thanks, feel free to write down your list and send it to me.
ideas are overrated.
thanks, great resources!
@RippedRich, I politely disagree with you on this one.
If you don't set a good idea from the start, the execution will fail anyway.
e.g. If I did a To-Do list app, the market is flooded with these, plus it's a B2C with high churn rate and low conversion rate. I will need a lot of sales and marketing and I need to somehow keep the users lured in. Lot of Freemium too, plus be better than the competition.
Conclusion: I set myself to failure from the beginning, and this is what I am discussing in this blog post. If you are a noob and want to start, you better know these things and metrics before.
totally agree with you. A good idea at the right moment of time can be a winning biz.
Ideas are very important and ideas are overrated.
Thank you, I always tried to come up with ideas alone and then start validating them, but I never knew how much validation is enough validation ?
This is definitely an eye opener.
You should keep in mind that you are solving an actual problem when you come up with your own ideas.
And consider if it is worth doing it depending on your end goal and how much you can charge your clients ( cuz B2B is way different from B2C)
There is nothing wrong with coming up with your own ideas but only if you know how to filter them. I would suggest you write your own filters first (product market fit / pricing points / type of customer).
For the validation part, it will be released in our next series.
Finding ideas is only the first step.
The second step implies Navigating and filtering ideas, and making a shortlist of 4 to 5 ideas.
While filtering, three aspects should be kept in mind:
Product/ founder fit, selling price, and type of customer
These aspects will define the “good” idea
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@jasondainter Sorry, I am not sure what you meant. Could you please elaborate it a bit more?