Thoughts and discoveries

The best way to come up with startup ideas is to ask yourself the question: what do you wish someone would make for you?

Paul Graham of Y Combinator has just put out an essay talking about Organic Startup Ideas. He describes that whilst there is no sharp line between organic startup ideas and startup ideas which people think will be necessary by others, it is the organic ideas (i.e. solving a need you have yourself) which tend to be more successful. He goes on to say this is even more important when founders are young: "the worst ideas we see at Y Combinator are from young founders making things they think other people want".

Well, I'm certainly glad me and Oo formed OnePage to solve our own problems! Interestingly, another thing which keeps coming up is that where we have multiple options of which direction to take OnePage, we keep coming back to "we should do what we need". We haven't "made it" yet, but we're making good progress and I am confident that taking this approach is very powerful.

Is your startup idea an organic one?

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