Seems like a similar idea to seeing the future because you're living in it - domain knowledge and connections are a powerful thing; the 'Self' part of PG's essa

Seems like a similar idea to seeing the future because you're living in it - domain knowledge and connections are a powerful thing; the 'Self' part of PG's essay on startup ideas (http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html) is about this, albeit from a different angle.