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You don't need a business plan, a brand or a niche to start. You need one good idea and a way to test it. These are the tools I wish I'd had before I spent a year collecting ideas in my Notes app.
THE $1K IDEA FINDER · BY MEGAN CAGE
The $1K Idea Finder
Find the product hiding in your 9-to-5.
A 15-minute worksheet to spot the problem you already know how to solve.
01 Notice it · 02 Name the buyer
03 Score it · 04 Pick one
FREE PDF · 5 PAGES · 15 MINUTES · PRINT IT OR USE A NOTEBOOK · NO STAND-UP REQUIRED
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The $1K Idea Finder
You've spent years getting paid to solve problems for someone else's company. This worksheet helps you find the one you could solve for yourself, in four short steps.
NOTICE IT
What do people already ask you for?
Five prompts to surface the skills you've stopped noticing because they feel easy.
NAME THE BUYER
Who'd pay to skip your learning curve?
Turn your best answers into three possible products, each with a real person attached.
SCORE IT
Which idea earns a closer look?
A 10-point scorecard with a verdict key. Low scores go back to the Notes app.
PICK ONE
Your idea, in one sentence.
Write it down, name your unfair advantage and get one homework assignment to find proof.
Why $1K? It's a first milestone, not a promise: 25 sales of a $40 product. Results depend on your idea, your effort and your market.
NEXT STEP
Got an idea? Now give it a plan.
The Idea-to-Income Blueprint picks up where the Idea Finder stops: the MEGAN Test, demand validation, your offer, your price and a 7-day launch sprint.
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The MEGAN Test scorecard
Twenty-five points. One clear answer on whether your idea is worth building. Coming soon to this page.
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