This content is for anyone who doesn’t yet have an idea for a startup and wants to find one or if you have an idea but aren’t sure if it’s the one you want to stick with.
This is a tricky topic because startup ideas are subtle. No one, not even YC knows for sure which ideas will succeed. But at YC they have seen thousands of startups try thousands of ideas and have learned that there are some powerful statistical trends, certain kinds of ideas, and certain ways of generating ideas that are much more likely to succeed than others.
Goal is to point you in a direction with a higher likelihood of success.
Most Common Mistakes
Mistake #1 - Believing you need an amazing idea
This means you’re waiting to have a brilliant idea before you start anything. It’s really easy to look at successful…
