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The most and least popular startup ideas shared in Startup Strategist
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Happy new year! In today’s edition it’s everything as normal; the three ideas, resources and news stories. We’re also wrapping up the review of a series of Paul Graham essays with part 3 today. (It’s a short one)
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Let’s dive in. (stick around to the end for the 2023 recap of Stratupai & Startup Strategist)
Today’s overview
Introduction
Three news stories
Quote of the day
Meme of the day
My takeaways after reading ~20 essays by Paul Graham over the past week (Part 3).
Three resources we think are useful
2023 Recap
Three news stories
1) Remembering the startups we lost in 2023 TechCrunch
2) ShieldAI raises $300M TechCrunch
3) As CFOs prepare for 2024 here’s what’s on there checklists WSJ
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Quote of the day
“Although going between established levels of skill is important, it is when one learns to do something that nobody else can do that learning becomes truly valuable.”
Meme of the day
Part 3 of my takeaways after reading Paul Graham
On Startup Ideas
“If you make a conscious effort to think of startup ideas, the ideas you come up with will not merely be bad, but bad and plausible-sounding, meaning you’ll waste a lot of time on them before realizing they’re bad.”
If by social means an idea comes to your footstep, its gone through a selective process, of varying rigor, meaning it will probably sound good or plausible sounding, regardless of if it really is.
“The best startups almost have to start as side projects, because great ideas tend to be such outliers that your conscious mind would reject them as ideas for companies.”
This of course is not necessarily the case.
“Ok, so how do you turn your mind into the type that startup ideas form unconsciously? (1) Learn a lot about things that matter, then (2) work on problems that interest you (3) with people you like and respect.”
Three resources
Book: Zero to One Peter Theil
Charlie Mungers 3 rules: https://x.com/brianjji/status/1742127916992118913?s=46&t=DKhL8uejtSrZb3pqPpdhcA
On niches and specialization: https://x.com/nicolascole77/status/1741791579474362527?s=46&t=DKhL8uejtSrZb3pqPpdhcA
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2023 Recap
80,000+ Ideas Generated
Most popular ideas shared in Startup Strategist
1) Connecting small business with local influencers
2) Personalized video advertising platform
Least popular ideas shared in Startup Strategist
1) Streamlining scheduling & dispatching for tree-trimming companies
2) Fast charging network for electric cars
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Disclaimer: The startup ideas shared in this forum are offered for general consideration and discussion. Individuals utilizing these concepts are encouraged to exercise independent judgment and undertake due diligence per legal and regulatory requirements.
Are these ideas good? Not necessarily. We just non-rigorously curated those we think looked interesting. (Most of them are quite broad, so there are probably good ideas to be thought of within each domain.)
The fact that that an idea was clicked on more is not necessarily a proxy for it being a better idea. In fact, it might be a negative signal, though we wouldn’t want to claim that is the case either.
We calculated the popularity of the idea based on the relative click rate compared to the other two ideas shared in any given edition. There have been 6 editions, meaning 18 ideas, so the sample size isn’t large by any means.
That’s all for today, thank you for reading and we wish you a happy new year.
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