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Hidden Patterns of Great Startup Ideas (Live from GSB)

The biggest waste in the startup ecosystem is good people working on bad ideas.

Our job is to tell you the truth about your idea, and ensure you’re in fertile soil. Then, the execution is up to you.

Generative AI has exacerbated this waste. There are thousands of “AI companies” today, but most are doing the same thing, or aren’t thinking bigger picture, or are the same thing under the hood.

It’s a shame. AI is a major technology platform shift that moves 100x faster than those we’ve previously seen. Now, more than ever, is not the time to waste your life’s energies on mediocre ideas.

Great ideas follow certain patterns. They have a signature. Some of these signals originate externally, through windows in technology or market shifts. Others come from unlocking your own psychology.

Here’s everything we know about where good ideas come from.

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James Currier
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