2 ms·

I agree there are difficult issues, this thread has unearthed several! I will be honest though -- I thought of this in the context of poppysan's post, in which

I agree there are difficult issues, this thread has unearthed several! I will be honest though -- I thought of this in the context of poppysan's post, in which he or she claimed significantly greater-than-zero value for an idea. My own personal philosophy would be opposed to the idea market I proposed above, though. I believe that if someone is unable to execute on an idea, they should give it away. For that reason, I'd be unable to execute on constructing an idea market. My heart wouldn't be in it. If you do play with it, I bet many people here would be interested in the result.

Jd 19y ago
Ideas of people have a history of execution are worthwhile. Also, these people may vet ideas proposed by others. This is essentially how YC works -- the prototype is the idea displayed, not executed -- PG is the veter. One can simply move this to an earlier stage. One must establish oneself (or one's group) as an expert in a specific area, then have persons submit their ideas to your organization. You review them, and offer them to sale to interested parties. This is essentially how VC works but I believe it could be re-encapsulated at an earlier stage, esp. with software engineering projects which are primarily idea drivien. To the doubters out there, this is simply specialization of labor in a growing industry. Not everyone should attempt to do anything. Compare journalism. Editors, Writers, Editoralists, Proof Readers, Managers. All work to some degree with the text. We have only one job at the moment - coder/programmer. It is time to take this to the next stage.