15777171-How-to-Come-up-with-Good-Ideas-for-Startups-the-Scribd-Story-and-the-Trip-Method

How to Come up with
Good Startup Ideas
Trip Adler
Co-founder and CEO, Scribd
Founders Institute Presentation
May 19, 2009

The Process of
Startup Ideation
The Scribd Story (SS)
The Trip Method (TM)

Idea A
Nowigo - a ridesharing
service
Lesson: Just because you
have an idea, it doesn’t mean
it’s a good idea

Idea A-B
Nowigo - transportation
search engine + ridesharing
service
Lesson: Work on something
that has potential to be huge

Idea C
Hulist - Craigslist for colleges
Lesson: Work on something
that has a built-in mechanism
for getting huge fast