Is the Next Big Idea Inside You?

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a great article on how entrepreneurs come up with great ideas.  WSJ interviewed a number of startup mentors, investors and educators on what causes inspiration to strike and here is some of what they had to say:

• Solve a problem – look at what is bugging you and chances are, it is probably bugging lots of other people too. 
• Look outside your industry to see how other people are solving similar problems.
• Be driven.
• Take a break and listen to your subconscious.
• Tackle practical problems.
• Stretch your brain by going to unfamiliar places.
• Improve on something already out there.

To inspire you this Monday, take a look at some entrepreneurs who succeeded in coming up with a big idea:

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