Hi, I'm David Langer. Welcome to my blog Freed from The Matrix, a collection of insights, interviews, hacks and other stuff that's relevant to young entrepreneurs. I'm the co-founder & CEO of GroupSpaces, Entrepreneurship Columnist for The Gateway newspaper and an aspiring triathlete. Thanks for reading!

EUREKA!

Posted: January 28th, 2008 | View Comments

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So you’re studying for a demanding degree, bombarded with a plethora of fantastic career opportunities but you’re also tempted to try out starting something of your own on the side.

How do I come up with an idea?

At the Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford conference on 19th November 2007 at the Said Business School, Paul Graham (Co-Founder, Viaweb – acquired in 1999 for $49.6M to become Yahoo! Store) put it well:

“Look for things that are evil, broken or stupid. These are usually great opportunities.”

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