Business ideas: proving ideas are a dime a dosen

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Post by clyfe » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 6:15 PM UTC

Business ideas: proving ideas are a dime a dosen
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Post by mlwarren » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 7:32 PM UTC

Interesting list but the notion that "ideas are only valuable when someone (like you) makes something happen" can only go so far. If you have a bad idea that you make happen it doesn't automatically become valuable.

This story might prove that ideas are a dime a dozen, but one can argue that good ideas are not.

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Post by pavel_lishin » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 7:33 PM UTC

> A village in china that paints portraits of pop culture icons as various dog breeds. Look, Obama as a GreyHound!

If your ideas are retarded, of course they're a dime a dozen.

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Post by mikk0j » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 7:34 PM UTC

My favorite, #469: "A YouTube VC firm, that will invest money in people who are willing to do stupid stuff on video in hopes that the video will go viral and they will make a profit."

Could happen, in today's angel investment climate...

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Post by systemtrigger » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 7:42 PM UTC

Corollary: Some ideas are vastly more lucrative than others. Which is why it's useful to spend a week listing your top 999 ideas. Execution is a PITA so choose carefully.

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Post by rokhayakebe » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 7:43 PM UTC

Yeah, but you know they aren't giving away their most valuable idea.

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Post by espadagroup » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 7:46 PM UTC

Ideas are a dime a dozen, but great ideas are not. Some ideas are better than others, and some are much better than others. It would be easy to argue that someone who could consistently come up with the much better ones would be worth just as much if not more than a great executor.