10+ Best Articles on Business Ideas
The most useful articles and videos on business ideas from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Business Ideas Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on business ideas by Refind users in 2023 so far.
Videos
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How to come up with good business ideas
This was recorded on Monday, February 7th for Cohort #3 of The Minimalist Entrepreneur Course.You can learn more about the book this content is based on here...
Martin Reeves: How play can spark new ideas for your business
To thrive in today's competitive economy, you need to constantly reimagine your business. So what's the secret to sustained success? Strategist Martin Reeves makes a pitch for embracing play to spark…
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How to Spot Business Ideas Worth Pursuing
Your company might be eager to innovate, but you'll want to have a strategy in place to govern the prioritization of ideas - and avoid chasing shiny objects.
How to brainstorm great business ideas
It's been said that ideas don't matter, execution does. I wholeheartedly disagree. You need both to succeed, but you can only get so good at execution....
How To Brainstorm Like A Googler
This is the deceptively simple, three-step process Google uses to come up with its most innovative ideas.
How to Build a Six-Figure Newsletter Without Anyone Knowing
I hope you’ll be inspired by the potential of this business model and see an opportunity for something you can build in your preferred industry.
How To Systematically Reduce The Risk & Uncertainty Of New Ideas
As an innovator & entrepreneur your #1 task is to reduce the risk and uncertainty of new business ideas before you invest big and scale. In this post we outline one of the several big ideas we’ve developed in a project on innovation metrics with three large multinational companies and an SME.
Trending
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How to Get New Ideas
January 2023(Someone fed my essays into GPT to make something that could answer questions based on them, then asked it where good ideas come from. The answer was ok, but not what I would have said. So…
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on business ideas—all under 10 minutes.
5 ways you can copy successful business ideas and still be original
Too many people get hung up waiting for the right idea to start a business I reckon. But especially if you're just starting out in indie hacking/busines...
The art of starting a startup — Gagan Biyani’s advice for generating, validating, and executing on ideas
Maven co-founder Gagan Biyani shares advice on starting a company — from generating and validating ideas, to exploring business models and finding co-founders.
A Summary of My Learnings On How To Find Startup Ideas
I’ve been searching for new startup ideas and problem areas to tackle. It’s quite difficult to do, especially when you begin adding constraints to the criteria such as “Am I excited about this problem…
The Current Thing
If businesses are subject to Aggregation Theory, then so are ideas: this is the root of the “The Current Thing” meme, and it should drive a re-evaluation of how we think about moderatin…
Systematic inventive thinking: the power of thinking inside the box
When talking about creativity, many people will tell you: “Think outside the box!” The catchphrase is so common in management consulting and business environments, it has become a bit of a cliché.…
«Thinking inside the box often provokes resistance as it runs counter to some of the most ubiquitous intuitions about innovation. However, it’s a formidable creative thinking tool which is actually fun to use.»
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on business ideas.
Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?
In a new book called The Voltage Effect, the economist John List — who has already revolutionized how his profession does research — is trying to start a scaling revolution. In this installment of the…
Seven myths of business experimentation
Disciplined, rigorous testing of ideas and strategies is fundamental to innovation, but businesses are often held back by misconceptions.
So long MVP. Hello Minimum Loveable Product. — The Happy Startup School — Medium
Tactics on how to get your digital ideas to market sooner, but still deliver a product that users fall in love with
75 Ideas for Businesses You Can Launch for Cheap or Free
It takes courage and dedication to start your own business, but not much cash.
The Idea File System: How to Capture and Organize All of Your Ideas
Creativity isn’t just for artists. Creative thinking—and especially, creative ideas—drive business and professional innovation in every field. Whether it’s a potential topic for a single blog post or…
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Business Ideas, including:
Freakonomics
Follow the Freakonomics Radio podcast for weekly episodes that explore the hidden side of everything — with host Stephen J. Dubner.
GV
Launched as Google Ventures in 2009, GV supports innovative founders moving the world forward.
strategy+business
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Stratechery
Free Articles from http://stratechery.com. For Daily Updates, follow @StratecheryMO. For the author, follow @benthompson.
Ness Labs
The learning community for ambitious knowledge workers. Join us to think better, learn faster, and work happier: http://nesslabs.com/membership 🧠✨
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