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Idea GenerationMatthew Stafford
@mstafford
@mstafford
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
@mstafford#MiniBarCamp
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
!!
Kyle McDonald - July 2005 - July 2006
End up as obvious….
Ask me…
@mstafford
Ask others…
@QMLnews
Read…
Watch… http://www.ted.com/talks/
richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success
Ask…
"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