I like ideas presented short and simple. I want ideas presented to me on one sheet of paper, maybe up to four pages if it’s a process. That’s like an executive summary. Maybe we need a format for it?
New product idea: the standard format for short ideas
Problems addressed (or are they solved): people do not have a lot of time and need to determine quickly if it’s a worthy idea to pursue, need to understand the basic solution and how to implement it without a lot of fluff.
Examples already out there: Harvard Business Review Breakthrough Ideas for 2009 (Harvard Business Review Lists). The book is really short with each idea taking up a couple of pages (one or two pages in Word).
So, what should this format look like? I’ll leave that up to you to think about.
Take it to the next step, how about a web site that has ideas and then ways you can send these ideas to people with the following?
1) Please develop this
2) Hire me to develop this.
Get the idea? Create short ideas, present them in a concise manner, and then create an opportunity for yourself or someone else.
