YC Partner Jared Friedman shares advice on how to get startup ideas. This video was recorded for the future founder track in Startup School 2020.
0:00 Introduction
1:14 Mistakes founders make
4:41 Evaluating startup ideas
8:06 Bad reasons to reject startup ideas
10:55 Generating startup ideas
13:21 - Recipe #1: Start with what your team is especially good at.
14:48 - Recipe #2: Think of things you wish someone would build for you
15:05 - Recipe #3: What would you be excited to work on for 10 years?
15:57 - Recipe #4: Look for things that have changed in the world recently
16:29 - Recipe #5: Look for companies that have been successful recently and look for new variants of them
17:24 - Recipe #6: Ask people you know for problems they want solved
17:52 - Recipe #7: Look for industries that seem broken
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