What do you do when you get an idea?

How often do you get a business idea? I get them pretty much everyday and they usually come in one of three ways.

The first way is when I’m reading a business article or blog post about a new company and a spin on the idea or applying it to another niche will come to mind. Usually I will think about them for a few minutes and 90% of the time I will decide for whatever reasons that it is not an idea worth pursuing.

The second way is when I find a need. Usually I will hear about it from someone or I will discover the need on my own. These are more exciting ideas because when there is a real need you can figure out pretty quickly that there may be others that have the same need. And if there are others and the need is not being filled then you have a good potential business idea.

The third way is when the idea just comes to me, could be while I’m trying to sleep or usually on Shabbat when my mind is more at rest. These are usually the big ideas I get and the ones I really get the most excited about, but like in the first two ways I get ideas the majority of them I dismiss with some research.

So what so I do when I get an idea that is worth “keeping”? Since it is virtually impossible for me to develop all of my ideas at one time I keep them in storage. I have a separate Gmail Email account I use just for when I get an idea worth keeping and then I will just write down a few paragraphs and send them to my special “idea” account. This way I can keep track of them and refer to them when I have some time to develop a new idea or for when I find an entrepreneur that is looking to develop something or an investor that wants to invest in a new idea and I will try to match the best idea with the person I’m talking to.

Many times I will also secure the best domain name for the idea I have, that way when I am ready or I find the right person I already have the perfect name secured.

What do you do when you get an idea?

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