- Ask yourself-How is the current product too complicated? What simple little thing could you do to just make it simpler.
- Ask again-why it doesn’t work better and how to resolve the problem.
- The keys to getting the good ideas is to have lots of them
- When you encounter a problem think through all the possible ways of resolving it.
- Know about different disciplines, and have broad knowledge. Innovation often comes from crossbreeding different disciplines.
- Ask yourself why it hasn’t been improved in the way you think would work.
- Stay away from TechCrunch or Mashable and look outside the box
- Put yourself in a new state of mind.Get out of your demographic.
- It’s hard to make a good product if it doesn’t solve a problem you are personally facing.
- Maintain a sense of curiosity in the world around you, a mental flexibility to entertain odd possibilities
- Being creative is a habit you get into, maintain that habit constantly
- Find an active forum. Make it easier for someone (or a group) to do something they’re talking about doing there, it could be your next startup
- Keep a small notepad and pen(cil) nearby, and write down your ideas the instant they come.
- Take a different route home.
- Think about the most normal, expected solution to a problem would be, and then try to imagine the opposite.
- When you see something that annoys you, think about how to solve it.
- Talk about your ideas with friends. Get feedback. Tweak and repeat.
- Be in-the-know about breaking trends.
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