Step 1. Choose an area

To generate great ideas, look around for clues. 

• You can deduce the reasons why something is successful by asking the relevant people why they like it.
• If it is an unexpectedly successful blog post, read the comments. 
• Observe. People often are not able to accura...

If you need money to help scale your business, instead of going to your local bank or searching for investors, crowdfund your idea on Kickstarter, Indiegogo or GoFundMe.

Another option would be to use peer-to-peer-lending sites like LendingTree where y...

• Select a drawing medium, i.e. pen and paper or online software for the task.

• Create the main concept. Find the central idea that connects to all other ideas on your map.

• Identify key concepts and list them on the page as briefly as possible.

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