Lenny’s Podcast131 min
Pattern Breakers: How to find a breakthrough startup idea
Mike Maples Jr · Jul 7, 2024
Key learnings
- Look for inflections: external turning points, whether technological, regulatory, or shifts in belief, that newly empower people…
- Stress-test any inflection by asking what specific new thing exists, how it empowers specific people, and under what conditions…
- A strong insight is non-obvious and non-consensus but also right; if everyone likes your idea, it is probably too similar to the…