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cloudking on Feb 29, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to brainstorm great business ideas

I don't agree with the author. Sometimes good ideas solve problems people didn't know they had.

quickthrower2 on Feb 29, 2020 | [–]

I posit a problem you didn’t know you had is a problem the founder knew you had through some wisdom of the crowd or even just luck that their own itch is yours too.

salmonet on Feb 29, 2020 | [–]

And sometimes ideas for "problems people don't know they have" are not good. I would guess this is more common.

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