For aspiring entrepreneurs and startup founders, coming up with an idea for a startup or a problem to solve is often the first step in your journey, long before seeking venture funding.
Requests for startup’s by VC’s
- YC (Blog) Creator
- Homebrew (Blog) Creator
- Two Sigma Ventures (from 2020)(Blog) Creator
- a16z (from 2015) (Blog) Creator
- True North (from 2017) (Blog) Creator
- Rock Health (from 2014) (Blog) Creator
- Plaid (from 2014) (Blog) Creator
- Energy Impact Partners (from 2020) (Blog) Creator
- Dorm Room Fund (from 2020) (Blog) Creator
- DCVC (from 2020) (Blog) Creator
- Boost VC (from 2020) (Blog) Creator
- Contrary (from 2018)(Blog) Creator
- Carta (from 2020) (Blog) Creator
- Baidu Venture (from 2019) (Blog) Creator
Inspiration
- 8 business ideas for 2022 (Blog) Creator
- Find a business idea (Blog) Creator
- Idea categories with case studies (G-Sheet) Creator
- Uncategorised list of over 3k ideas (Custom Page) Creator
- Product Hunt for ideas (Custom Page) Creator
- Database of 50k+ Product Hunt launches (Gumroad) Creator
- Twitter search results for “request for product” (Twitter) Creator
- Twitter search results for “request for startups” (Twitter) Creator
- Digital product ideas (Notion) Creator
- 13 ideas by a YC developer (from 2017) (Blog) Creator
- Twitter Bot for product requests (Twitter) Creator
Crowd-sourced directories
- G-Sheet 1 (from 2017) (G-Sheet)
- G-Sheet 2 (G-Sheet)
- G-Sheet 3 (G-Sheet)
- Various startup requests by VC’s (G-Sheet) Creator
Tools
- Focus: Game Ideas
- Framework to evaluate startup ideas (G-Sheet) Creator
- AI-generated ideas (Custom Product) Creator
- Idea tracking system (Airtable) Creator
- 30 tips on how to generate startup ideas (G-Sheet) Creator
Talks & Video
- How to get startup ideas by Jared Friedman (YT) Creator
- Billion dollar startup ideas by Garry Tan (YT) Creator
- How to get ideas by Stewart Butterfield (YT) Creator
- How to get and test startup ideas (YT) Creator
- Where Good Ideas Come From (YT) Creator
Book
- Getting Product Ideas (Book) Creator
- Where Good Ideas Come From (Book) Creator
Newsletter
- Get SaaS ideas (Newsletter) Creator
- Focus: general (Newsletter) Creator