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Module 2: Idea

Idea Sprint

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Brain dumping:

In this lesson, we’re going to be looking for ideas.

As you go through the idea sprint, list your ideas in the table below.

There’s no such thing as a bad idea - we’re just brainstorming.

Ideas can come from:

Industry expertise

Validated pain points

Existing tools

Customer research

Technology inspiration

VC Research

Accelerator Research

A.I.

Industry expertise:

Macro vs Micro

You know specifically your job function, your pain points (shitty software)?

Tangental job - what are they experiencing?

In your current industry, what problems need solving?

What is outdated?

Where’s it heading?

Validated pain points:

What problems do you know exist?

What problems do you have?

Story: Enterprise SAAS

Macro > How does that relate (ways through research) →

Google search VC research (piggy backing off research)

Existing tools:

Look into existing A.I. tools already getting traction.

Use tools like

https://theresanaiforthat.com/⁠

Google searches

AI Trends in X industry.

Customer Research:

Is there a particular Customer you want to go after?

Research them to find their pain-points

Using conversations, surveys or social media research (Reddit, Facebook Groups etc.) ask:

What problems are the experiencing?

What limitations are their current solutions giving them?

How could I save them time/ make them money?

Use the survey below if needed

Use AI Prompts below (if needed)

Trends:

Good signal, trending that’s not A.I.-related

General trend > new A.I. tech

Trendhunter

Google trends

Podcasts

Good for investors

(Onlyfans, FTMO, EAs)

Technology Inspiration:

Look into new technologies and see if they can be applied to new industries/ problems.

A.I.

Newsletters on A.I. (subscribe get an email every day)

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https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/subscribe/ai?utm_campaign=ai_news&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_source=google&gclid=CjwKCAjwrranBhAEEiwAzbhNtWL7qutSpZ5tItMk_bvVXqgVfE5ErGUDa8ZeP7s0MkPTKbqMfGgy_RoCurIQAvD_BwE⁠

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https://www.therundown.ai/subscribe?ref=mOIWOo20qB⁠

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https://aibreakfast.beehiiv.com/?ref=hackernoon.com⁠

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Product hunt

Betalist

VC Research:

Use tools like Crunchbase, Pitchbook to find what kind of A.I. Startups VC’s are putting money into.

See if there’s ideas or industries you can copy.

AI Trends in X industry

Accelerator Research:

Look into websites like

Y Combinator⁠

, Antler etc.

Accelerator tells you exactly what they will fund people for (dropbox, Airbnb) - if they say they will invest in these types of things then they know there is something there!

A.I:

With the right prompts, A.I. can find you ideas

Use the

2. ChatGPT Prompts⁠

below to get hundreds of product ideas

Table:

Fill below (explainer for each)

Action Items

Use the methods above to write down at least 10 solid product ideas.

Fill out the table below with your ideas.

Idea Sprint

Idea Sprint

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Idea

Kindergarden Pitch

What problem is it solving?

Value Proposition

ICPs/ Potential Customers

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