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How To Find An Idea For Your Next Business

What’s the best way to find an idea for your business to make it unique? Whether you’re looking for an idea for a new product or service, or a better way to find staff, cut costs, drive growth, or increase margins, I take a look at five websites that will help.

One simple, good idea can transform your business. It may be an idea for a new product or service, a way to deliver a better product or service in a new, revolutionary way, or it could be an idea about hiring staff, moving locations, a new marketing idea… the list of areas where your business can innovate is infinite.

But how do you go about finding ideas?

One good way is to see what other businesses are doing. Not to copy from them. But because seeing someone else’s idea, when matched with your own personal experiences and beliefs, can trigger a new, better idea which you can incorporate into your business.

Here are five websites that will help you find ideas other people have used within their business – which you can use in yours.

Springwise – www.springwise.com – a newsletter about businesses with unique ideas

BrainReactions – www.brainreactions.net – an online, community based brainstorming tool that’s perfect for comi

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Entrepreneur Magazine – www.entrepreneur.com – see their archive for great coverage about the inspiration for people’s businesses, and theories about finding an idea for your next business

Cool Business Ideas – www.coolbusinessideas.com – a free, bi-weekly newsletter featuring ideas, opportunities and innovations to give you inspiration for your own business

Build V1 – www.buildv1.com – network online and discuss your ideas with other entrepreneurs around the world

The web is, of course, a vast resource for business ideas. Do a Google search and you’ll find thousands more. But these five sites are the best I know and I’m sure you’ll find them useful.

Ed Shelley writes for entrepreneurist.com – a blog for entrepreneurs and their businesses, providing daily information and inspiration to entrepreneurs starting a business, raising finance, finding and selling to customers, and giving entrepreneurs ideas for their next business.

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