Comments on: Startup #49 – Six Degrees of Innovation http://astartupaday.com/2007/05/21/startup-49-six-degrees-of-innovation/ Each day I'll post an idea for a new Web 2.0 startup Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:14:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Where Do Good Ideas Come From? « A Startup A Day http://astartupaday.com/2007/05/21/startup-49-six-degrees-of-innovation/#comment-3746 Where Do Good Ideas Come From? « A Startup A Day Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:24:23 +0000 http://astartupaday.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/startup-49-six-degrees-of-innovation/#comment-3746 [...] mailing list I subscribe to, and I put in my 2 cents around my ideation process.  A while back I included some thoughts around my process, but here are a few more tactical [...] [...] mailing list I subscribe to, and I put in my 2 cents around my ideation process.  A while back I included some thoughts around my process, but here are a few more tactical [...]

]]> By: astartupaday http://astartupaday.com/2007/05/21/startup-49-six-degrees-of-innovation/#comment-170 astartupaday Wed, 23 May 2007 05:22:03 +0000 http://astartupaday.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/startup-49-six-degrees-of-innovation/#comment-170 Thanks man, I dug that post and have been thinking about the "hair on fire" thing lately when I've been brainstorming new ideas. It's a good excercise to examine my daily frustrations that I encounter on the Internet. Perfect example: the fact that ever since my iPod stopped working with Vista I wake up five minutes early every morning, download a podcast to my laptop, and then play the podcast through my tinny laptop speakers while I'm battling rush hour traffic each morning. And you wonder why Steve Jobs is a bazillionaire. Thanks man, I dug that post and have been thinking about the “hair on fire” thing lately when I’ve been brainstorming new ideas. It’s a good excercise to examine my daily frustrations that I encounter on the Internet.

Perfect example: the fact that ever since my iPod stopped working with Vista I wake up five minutes early every morning, download a podcast to my laptop, and then play the podcast through my tinny laptop speakers while I’m battling rush hour traffic each morning. And you wonder why Steve Jobs is a bazillionaire.

]]> By: JR http://astartupaday.com/2007/05/21/startup-49-six-degrees-of-innovation/#comment-169 JR Wed, 23 May 2007 04:21:51 +0000 http://astartupaday.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/startup-49-six-degrees-of-innovation/#comment-169 I love your approach to innovation Kevin. VC sometimes like to talk about finding ideas where customers hair is on fire - and then sell them the firehose. Shameless plug: http://tinyurl.com/3bdtph If you cant find new ideas that build on the NBT, try setting your customers hair on fire yourself (by creating something completely different). This is hard to due, but if you are first to market, you have a big leg up on the competition. Cheers - JR I love your approach to innovation Kevin.

VC sometimes like to talk about finding ideas where customers hair is on fire – and then sell them the firehose.

Shameless plug:

http://tinyurl.com/3bdtph

If you cant find new ideas that build on the NBT, try setting your customers hair on fire yourself (by creating something completely different).

This is hard to due, but if you are first to market, you have a big leg up on the competition.

Cheers – JR

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