Incy TemplatesProduct Idea Generator
One or more personalised idea directions, a recommended starting point, and a habit for generating more.
Founders who want to start often stall at the very first step: they don't have an idea to test yet, and staring at a blank page rarely produces one. Waiting for inspiration is slower and less reliable than a repeatable process for surfacing ideas worth testing.
When to use it
Use before Product Idea Assessor, as soon as you want to start generating ideas rather than waiting for one to arrive.
When not to use it
Not useful once you already have a specific idea in mind — go straight to Product Idea Assessor instead.
The method
Draw on three proven idea sources — a frustration you personally have (scratch your own itch), a niche you understand from the inside, and an existing product you use often and think could be improved — plus a repeatable five-step process (gather, digest, step away, let ideas surface, test) and a daily practice of writing ideas down without judging them. The generator turns whichever of your own inputs is richest into a concrete idea direction and a first test step.
Ways to use this
Recommended starting point: Product Idea Generator: the GuideGuide — Learn how
Template — Do it yourself
Source
Developed from A Bit Gamey material on generating ideas, including the five-step idea generating process (gather, digest, step away, bubble up, test), the three ways to find an app idea (scratch your own itch, address a niche, improve an existing app) and the ten-ideas-per-day daily practice.
