PART II: Brainstorm Solutions
Now that you have identified common issues that affect you, your school, and your community, let’s identify the best ideas and take a closer look at some potential solutions.
Let’s start by cutting down your list. Consider the following questions and remove items from your list of ideas as necessary:
Is there already a well-established solution to this problem that you cannot improve upon? If there is already a well-established solution then this might not be the best business idea.
Is this a problem that you are passionate about solving? If not, then it might be best to remove it from you list of ideas
Is this a problem that you have the time and money to help solve? If not, then you might want to remove it from your list.
Select the top 2 issues for each category (you, your school, your community) from the remaining list. Put the 6 issues in the middle column of the table below.
Complete the right column by brainstorming 3 potential solutions for each problem. Hint: Consider the following elements when brainstorming potential solutions:
Who are the people that are affected by these problems?
Are there currently existing solutions for these problems?
If not, how do you envision a solution?
If so, how can you improve upon existing solutions?