A talk on how to get better at having ideas with some specific suggestions and references

1. GENERATING GREAT IDEAS
“You don’t reach Serendip by plotting a
course for it. You have to set out in good
faith for elsewhere and lose your bearings
serendipitously.”
- John Barth

2. GENERATING GREAT IDEAS

3. LINKS POSTED TO SUBELSKY.COM

4. MY BACKGROUND

5. YOU CAN’T GENERATE GOOD IDEAS

6. YOU CAN BUILD AN IDEA GENERATOR

7. WRITE ‘EM ALL DOWN

8. DON’T OVERVALUE IDEAS
http://sivers.org/multiply

9. DRAW YOUR IDEAS

10. DON’T WAIT FOR “EUREKA”
http://vimeo.com/14537133

11. WATCH FOR SLOW HUNCHES

12. SHARE YOUR IDEAS (DON’T PROTECT)
“...we are often better served by
connecting ideas than we are by protecting
them.”
- Steven Johnson

13. READ VORACIOUSLY

14. BLOG AND GIVE TALKS

15. ACT AT A SMALL SCALE (TINKER)

16. MAKE SMALL BETS

17. OPTIMIZE FOR LEARNING
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/10/a-history-of-failed-projects.html

18. OPTIMIZE FOR LEARNING
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/10/a-history-of-failed-projects.html

19. SPEND TIME WITH SMART PEOPLE

20. BUILD OR JOIN A NETWORK

21. BUILD OR JOIN A NETWORK

22. USE SOCIAL MEDIA