7 Ways to Get Good Ideas to Start Business in China


China is a place full of both opportunities and competitions. Mass entrepreneurship and innovation encourage more people to start business in China, but also making it more difficult to find a new business idea. Successful entrepreneurs use their imagination every day to make new decisions to make the world a better place. But how do they do it? Here are seven ways to keep your mind fresh and open so you can generate an idea to start business in China.

Learn by Doing

If you want to be an entrepreneur, get out there and do something.  Get involved in cool projects, programming, interdisciplinary events. Broaden your mind and meet people from all backgrounds. Go to work in a seemingly unrelated field.

Branch out and try new things

Inspiration strikes at the intersection of different things. Whether it’s taking up a new hobby or traveling to another city, you expose yourself to more problems and more possible solutions.

Meet New People

Go out and meet new people to get out of your limitation of idea. Talking to new people who not only don’t think like you but who don’t know how you think can help freshen up your brainstorming process. Go to networking and learning events, talk to people outside your industry and strike up a conversation with your existing customers.

Write Down the Pain Points

Successful companies all solve problems for their customers. Companies like Google, Apple and Uber solved specific pain points in their marketplace and went on to achieve great things. Ask yourself, what bothers me? Keep a journal where you write down your everyday frustrations. Review the journal regularly and run it by others to see if it’s a pain point for them. What product or service could you create that would solve that problem?

Search Industry Trends Online

Don’t waste all your time looking at funny videos online. Look up entrepreneurship and industry related communities. Go on Twitter and search relevant hashtags to see what people are talking about, or follow some innovation and entrepreneurship contest like IPIEC Global. You might learn about new niche fields, networking opportunities or other topics that might spark something. Become a student of your industry and entrepreneurship.

Do Market Research

So you have a potential inkling of an idea but aren’t sure if it really has any potential. Research the market to see what’s out there and where your idea could fit in. Besides your standard online search and library stop, there’s tons of resources out there to help you along.

Go Traveling

There’s a whole big world out there of great ideas that aren’t yet in your market. If you see an idea you love in your travels, you can take it back home and give it a new spin that specifically addresses the needs of your market. Even if you don’t find inspiration, traveling will help take you out of your surroundings and refresh your mind. There’re always places around the world that have ideas waiting to be commercialized, such as in universities that have technology transfer offices. Take an existing idea and launch it to market.


There’s no easy way to come up with startup ideas. You might find something worth solving in the shower or at the end of an intense brainstorming session. You can’t predict when inspiration will strike, but you can do things to help you generate good ideas. And if you have an great idea and are interested in starting business in China, you can find WTOIP. It provides comprehensive entrepreneurial and legal services to our clients, helping foreign tech startups start business in China with no legal hurdles. Services include preliminary project feasibility study, potential business partner pitching, one-stop intellectual property solution plan, local incorporation registration and application for government funding. If you are interested in starting business in China, just contact us.

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