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How To Get Startup Ideas: A Brief Lit Review and Analysis

submitted this link on March 31, 2023
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    what do you think of trends.co ($200/year) and explodingideas.co (free), are either of these worth it you think?

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      Trends is pretty good. I signed up this year. Kind of expensive though.

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      I think so. market research is key. so if you can outsource it that can be powerful.

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    I appreciate your diligence in this task.

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    Nice read. But I think of it as Startup problems. Instead of thinking about ideas one must think about the problems they are trying to solve.

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    Or simply signup to Micro SaaS Ideas 😉😉

    Nice read!!

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    If you're seeking ideas, https://aideagen.com/ may be worth exploring.

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    Both trends.co ($200/year, was Sam Parr's co) and trends.vs (free, deep market insights) are good. Is $200 a year expensive? Depends on what you learn, who you meet & what you do with what you learn and who you meet.

    Having started a few companies over the years

    1. start the thing before it's ready
    2. keep expenses low
    3. spend 75-95% of your time each week marketing and selling
    4. it it's not cashflow positive in 90 days or less, move to the next idea
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    This is a good read. Thank-you for sharing.

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    Is there anything free of charge where we can sign up?

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      Have a look of the ericlamcrypto7’s comment, he gave two alternatives

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