Idea Blast

I never thought the idea generation part of my brain would be so exhausted. It’s been basically 24 hours of idea generation and collaborative problem solving around start up ideas and The First Drop. It’s completely invigorating.

It’s that point in a 3+ hour problem solving/brainstorming session where one piece of the puzzle drops, smiles flick contagiously around the room, and you can feel the level of excitement immediately jump. It’s that perspective you’ve never quite heard worded that way that sheds new productive light onto a weak spot in the plan. And it’s that energy that brings good people together with legitimate excitement about moving beyond academic exercises.

In less that 24 hours I may have gone from a purely academic exercise to seriously considering dropping some time and money into a legitimate start-up. At the very least, I am finding more people who naturally close pieces of puzzles, and seem keen to keep doing so during and post MBA.

And when people ask: what do you want to do after your MBA, I can answer: build ideas into legitimate hail mary opportunities, with a multidisciplinary group of people and some capital. I want to generate 30 ideas, vet into 6, run with 3 and really push 1-2 winners. And then do it again.

How will this happen? It may happen with an existing company, or it may happen in a start up situation. But at 6 pm on February 5th, that’s what I want to be doing.

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