Ideas are everywhere, man. There are a few common important themes going on right now in the technology world that we all know about. What I'm getting at is th

Ideas are everywhere, man. There are a few common important themes going on right now in the technology world that we all know about. What I'm getting at is that you should start thinking about how you're solving these problems or tackling these ideas, rather than simply ask for an idea generator. Case in point: http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html There's about as many ideas there as anyone can handle. If you solve any of them, you'll be very well off. But just remember that ideas are cheap and a dime-a-dozen. Pyra, before starting Blogger, was working on Project Management software. eBay was selling auction software to other companies. Twitter's company had been a podcast database before. It's less about the idea and more about 1) You. and 2) Your execution. One more really important thing to think about is that virtually all (immensely) successful ideas arise from a founder's need. Look around your life? What around you do you hate and want fixed? Take that and solve that problem. If anything, it will make your life a lot better ;) Excellent essay here on the subject: http://www.paulgraham.com/organic.html http://www.paulgraham.com/organic.html Good luck, though :) ---------------------------- Also, more detailed YComb ideas: http://ycombinator.com/rfs1.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs1.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs2.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs2.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs2.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs2.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs3.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs3.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs4.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs4.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs5.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs5.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs6.html http://ycombinator.com/rfs6.html