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This is a pretty common bit of advice, and I agree 100%. That being said, coming up with your idea is hard. I could come up with a dozen ideas that could be hu
by gkoberger 11y ago
This is a pretty common bit of advice, and I agree 100%.
That being said, coming up with your idea is hard. I could come up with a dozen ideas that could be huge businesses; finding that one idea that I can make a huge business is where it gets hard. I could come up with the idea for AirBnb or Zenefits easily, but never in a million years could I personally have made it.
Founder-Market Fit is a hugely underrated correlation.
- x5n1 11y agoDo what you know is the maxim that applies here.
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- danieltillett 11y agoIf you can’t execute on the idea then it is not a good idea. A good idea is more than just an idea that in an ideal world would work, it is one that will work within the constraints you face.
- gkoberger 11y agoSure, but that misses my point. It's not that I just don't have the skills to make AirBnb or Zenefits; I just don't have the passion or understanding. While the AirBnb founders spent 1000 days with no traction and powered through; I would have given up after 100. My point was, the idea and the founder need the right chemistry.
- danieltillett 11y agoAn idea that you don’t have the passion or understanding for is not one that fits within your constraints and so is not a good idea. As you rightly point out an idea has to fit the founder or else it is not a good idea.