Comments on: The Fallacy of Chasing Startup Ideas http://jasonevanish.com/2012/10/03/the-fallacy-of-chasing-startup-ideas/ Life in Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and Lean Startups Fri, 24 May 2013 12:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Felix http://jasonevanish.com/2012/10/03/the-fallacy-of-chasing-startup-ideas/#comment-5009 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:57:05 +0000 http://jasonevanish.com/?p=1448#comment-5009 I have too many ideas. But don’t have the resources to execute most of them.

]]> By: Jason Evanish http://jasonevanish.com/2012/10/03/the-fallacy-of-chasing-startup-ideas/#comment-4740 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:15:36 +0000 http://jasonevanish.com/?p=1448#comment-4740 Willis,

I think a great idea solves a deep, high priority, customer pain and creates efficiency in a market that is disruptive. This means it’s a problem that deeply affects someone with the budget to do something about it and the desire to use that budget for it.

The efficiency comes from leveraging new technology or market developments that allow you to reach customers at scale. This may be new ways to acquire customers, radically cheaper costs thanks to things like Amazon EC2 and viral tools. It can also simply meaning solving a problem much more smoothly than the incumbent your disrupting that got content, old and bloated with their solution.

Both the experience and passion are keys to finding these opportunities and having the best chance of success.

-Jason

]]> By: wfjackson3 http://jasonevanish.com/2012/10/03/the-fallacy-of-chasing-startup-ideas/#comment-4263 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:44:25 +0000 http://jasonevanish.com/?p=1448#comment-4263 I feel like you are on to something, but this comes off as topical or perhaps in the wrong context. What I hear you saying is “these are the things that will give you the best chance to execute well enough and find success” and not “these traits lead to the best ideas.” In order for me to agree with your argument, I would have to hear what you think constitutes a great idea.

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