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How do you come up with ideas for your projects?
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Raza Rasool
Market Research: Analyze market trends, consumer behavior, and industry gaps to identify potential opportunities.
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Identify a problem or challenge you or others face, then brainstorm potential solutions. Projects often stem from addressing real-world issues.
@rhexai for each clients that have reach out to our team that we converted them into a projects and all of the clients request we imply it as milestone for each stage. Employees or team members can add tasks to deal with the project itself!
@geri_mate insightful! Thanks for sharing man! Will try that out and see how it helps our current project we are working on.
I research trends and gaps, brainstorm solo or with others to foster creativity, and collaborate with my team and stakeholders for diverse perspectives. I also use tools like WorkBot to organize and reference past resources for shaping future projects.
I find inspiration for my projects from a variety of sources. I constantly keep my eyes and ears open for emerging trends, user needs, and technological advancements. I also love to brainstorm with my team and bounce ideas off of each other to spark creativity. Additionally, I make it a point to stay connected with the community and gather feedback and suggestions from users. Ultimately, the key is to stay curious, open-minded, and always on the lookout for innovative solutions to create impactful projects.
Feed my brain with reading, browsing the internet and social media. The best way to come up with ideas is to consume ideas.
My co-founder and I came up with the idea for our current startup from our previous work experiences. Requesting data pulls and dashboards always takes weeks in the large orgs we worked for, and the BI tools are rarely fully self-service. We thought this problem could be tackled by the combination of AI-generated SQL codes and a next-gen user experience BI platform, and that's how Brewit was born!
Interdisciplinary Approach: Merge concepts or methodologies from different disciplines to create novel ideas.
Problem Reversal: Look at problems from a different angle or invert them to uncover unique solutions.
Random Stimuli: Use random prompts, word associations, or visual cues to trigger creative thinking.
By looking at unfiltered conversations on forums like Reddit and creating a product around it.
The product also has to interest me otherwise i lose motivation to carry on.
i look at it from 3 angles:
1. classify your ideas as 0 = "Near misses issues" (i.e. issues or problems that businesses may have but have put as low priority in most of the cases and no likelihood to change unless big consequences come knocking) and 1 = 'Root cause problems" (i.e. a problem that sits at the core of the business whereby without solving this problem the business will definitely face big and undeniable implications).
2. Domain expertise: focus your flow of ideas and projects on a domain you understand (Because of your passion for that domain or career/experience within that domain) as this helps to also validate some of the perceptions you may have.
3. Last but not least is the idea of perception vs prospective: Listen to what others faced with issues in the domain you understand say about those issues and understand how often this problem emerges and whether is a productivity, technology of or behaviour based problem involved
Hope this helps and wish you the best in your venture!
Yes and here are my processes ✅
1. Pen and paper and brainstorm 🎯
2. Research, test, consolidate and make it happen💙
3. Get inspired, take parts from here and there, glue them and innovate 💚
Rest can be work too! Sometimes it takes deep focus on something and then stepping back (even if just to get some sleep) for an idea to pop up
I try to identify a problem and see if I can create a solution from there. I always try to work on something that I'm struggling with, so that I'm able to emphasize with the situation and also have a perception of what solves my problem.
Intensive market research, studying new industry trends, consumer behavior, and potential opportunities to explore
I find that brainstorming sessions and immersing myself in different sources of inspiration help me come up with ideas for my projects.