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Idea Bench

A simple tool to capture, evaluate, and compare your business ideas. Score your concepts across key metrics and stack them up to find your next winning project. All information is locally saved in your browser.

Start by naming your project and press "Evaluate"

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Scoreboard

Sum is ranked 0-15, my personal cutoff is 11.
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Where to get business ideas

For an engineer turned founder, it's not the easiest to tap into the outside world for ideas. Here are some sources for ideas that I gathered from Rob Walling.

Capitalize on an Emerging or Fast-Growing Technology
Find a Problem at Your Day Job
Copy an Existing Product or Category
Find a Problem Online via Forums & Communities
Idea Sources
Scratch Your Own Itch
Build on Top of Your Existing Product
Solve a Problem for a Spouse, Friend, or Colleague
Discover a Problem Through Freelancing/Agencies