Find Your First Idea

Pick one business idea you can test this month, using what real founders did before they had a single customer.

For: Complete beginners with no idea yet, or too many. · 6 lessons · about 49 minutes

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  1. Why most first ideas fail, and what the winners did differentlyMost first projects die the same way: months of secret building, zero users. The founders who made it started from a real person with a real pain. Learn the pattern and how to avoid it.8 min
  2. Start with a problem you already knowYou don't need a genius idea. You need a real problem. Learn how to find business ideas hiding in your own daily life, your job, and your hobbies.6 min
  3. Look for proof that people already want itBefore you build anything, learn to spot real demand signals: people already paying for similar tools, searching for the problem, complaining about it online, or hacking together workarounds.8 min
  4. Pick an idea that fits youYou have a few ideas. Now choose the one that matches your skills, time, money and interest — and that you can ship fast. Use a simple 2x2 to decide.9 min
  5. Test the idea in a week, before you buildThe cheapest ways to test your idea in seven days: talk to ten people, put up a simple page, take a waitlist or pre-sale, and post where your audience already hangs out.9 min
  6. Your first 30 days: from idea to first userA week-by-week plan to go from a chosen idea to a working first version and a real user in 30 days, with a final checklist and pointers to the build and launch tracks.9 min