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We hear a lot of people talk about having an idea but what exactly is an idea?
Why do some ideas succeed and others fail?
Let's explore!
Whenever we start looking for an idea to build a product or a business around we need to realize that it is something that solves a problem.
So, if every idea is a solution to a problem we should focus on finding the problems first and then arriving to which solution solve it the best.
If we have arrived on an idea, we should try to introspect into which problem is it solving.
If we are able to focus on the problem, we might be able to come to five different solutions, and then take a call on whether our idea is the best one.
Once you have figured out which problem to solve, you should do two things:
Look for the existing solutions in the market and document them
Talk to 5 to 10 users who have this problem and speak to them.
A lot of people make the mistake of not asking questions the right way:
We will cover it in the next article!
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