Some workplaces actually ask for new ideas in special must to attend meetings.
But an idea is worthless as long as it's not implemented. That's why you can find free online resources sharing, for example, "70 Small Business Ideas to Start in 2025"
secretsatan · 30m ago
Steal them from your subordinates
v5v3 · 4m ago
Steal them from your peers, for example fellow students.
Good example of using ad hominem to discredit others in favour of your approach.
Examples:
- "The academic who hasn’t built anything, yet feels comfortable telling you to use their complicated startup framework to find and validate ideas." Presumably a dig at lean startup.
- "A market need? An underserved niche? Demand? WTF do these things even mean?" Come on, these aren't that hard to define.
dancc · 55m ago
"We are looking for a person who has an unavoidable priority, where their current options are insufficient or unworkable. This person would be weird not to buy our product."
So in other words, a market need or underserved niche.
noelwelsh · 54m ago
Exactly. I find the post rather disingenuous.
andrewstuart · 1h ago
Look for societal, business or technology change.
That is where NEW opportunity lies.
Also, copy the best new ideas you see on hacker news, it’s far from guaranteed that the inventor is able to win the market, steal it.
jimkleiber · 1h ago
I agree, when the environment changes, new things become possible.
But an idea is worthless as long as it's not implemented. That's why you can find free online resources sharing, for example, "70 Small Business Ideas to Start in 2025"
© Mark Zuckerberg
Examples:
- "The academic who hasn’t built anything, yet feels comfortable telling you to use their complicated startup framework to find and validate ideas." Presumably a dig at lean startup.
- "A market need? An underserved niche? Demand? WTF do these things even mean?" Come on, these aren't that hard to define.
So in other words, a market need or underserved niche.
That is where NEW opportunity lies.
Also, copy the best new ideas you see on hacker news, it’s far from guaranteed that the inventor is able to win the market, steal it.