Today’s episode of Request for Startups features* Gagan Biyani : CEO and Co-Founder at Maven, Previously Co-Founder at Udemy @gaganbiyani on X* Erik Torenberg: Investor, Founder of Turpentine.co. @eriktorenberg on XIn this conversation, Erik Torenberg sits down with Gagan Biyani to explore idea formation and the five stages of the ideation process. Gagan also shares his startup ideas, such as 'Quora for people' and 'reference checks as a service,' discussing their potential for scalability and venture backing.Subscribe to our substack: Requestforstartups.substack.comTIMESTAMPS:(00:00) Intro(00:28) Deep Dive into Idea Generation(05:20) Five-Step Framework to Startup Ideas(07:13) Testing and Evaluating Startup Ideas(13:18) Sponsor: Turpentine(17:31) Potential startup ideas(20:23) Wrap This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit requestforstartups.substack.com