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Two checkpoints I've used in the past: 1. If an idea sounds promising, I try to forget about it for a while (say a month) and if it's still a good idea after t
by pierrefar 16y ago
Two checkpoints I've used in the past:
1. If an idea sounds promising, I try to forget about it for a while (say a month) and if it's still a good idea after the wait, then I go for it.
Usually this means that I really have that problem and it needs fixing. So I build it.
If not, I've only lost a few brain cells. No harm done.
2. I launch, and if it works and gets people excited, then I'm really onto something.
If not, shut it down.
Note that these checkpoints allow you to back track or drop the idea. No need to keep flogging a dead horse.
- colinsidoti 16y agoPro-tip I learned from Peter Thiel's 20 under 20 application: To avoid the wait, try and answer the question "How are you going to change the world" on paper. Try and make it at least a page. If everything you come up with sounds like a sham, it's probably not that good of an idea.