Startup Ideas

How I Created An Annual Conference That Generates $1.6M/Year

Philip Taylor explains how he created FinCon, an annual conference and trade show for content creators and brands in the personal finance niche. It has grown to 3,000 attendees and $1.6 million in revenue in less than ten years.

Big Idea: Live events are a great way to establish yourself as a thought leader. Everyone wants to connect with the connected.

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12 Frameworks for Finding Startup Ideas — Advice for Future Founders

12 Frameworks for Finding Startup Ideas — Advice for Future Founders

“Hoping to start a company someday? We’ve gone back through our archives to surface the best advice on problem selection from first-time entrepreneurs and repeat-founders.”


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The Best Ideas are Often the Simplest

The Best Ideas are Often the Simplest

Here are a few ideas that I came across this week that center around simplicity.

  • Venture capitalist, Nikhil Basu Trivedi, has been getting some publicity for his Canva investment “screenshot memo.” What would normally be displayed in a blog post, gets summarized in a nicely designed graphic.
  • MasterWiki is summarizing MasterClass videos for free with illustrations and text.
  • Donald Miller has a great 2 minute video on what all great marketing has in common. Good marketing is an exercise in memorization. People don’t choose the best products or services, they choose the offerings they can remember. You want your offer to be like a bumper sticker. A short, pithy statement that people will remember. (His video series is great. You should subscribe.)

It is very easy to over-complicate business ideas by adding features or services when customers want simpler solutions. The next Doopool article supports this idea. Twitter was just 140 characters. Instagram took off because of its photo filters. Trends.vc has a simple bullet-point format. What is the simplest idea you can offer? That is probably a good place to start.

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How ConvertKit got their first 1000 customers

How ConvertKit got their first 1000 customers
 

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Startup Ideas and Opportunites with VC Garry Tan

Startup Ideas and Opportunites with VC Garry Tan

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3 product ideas I’ve been thinking about

3 product ideas I've been thinking about

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Idea to Startup – Mini Series Kickoff – Picking The Startup Idea We’ll Start

Idea to Startup - Mini Series Kickoff - Picking The Startup Idea We'll Start
 

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How to save yourself from a bad startup idea that looks good

How to save yourself from a bad startup idea that looks good
 

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The Beach Bum Who Beat Wall Street and Made Millions on GameStop

The Beach Bum Who Beat Wall Street and Made Millions on GameStop
 

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