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Having other business ideas that are successful that take up nearly all my time. My other good ideas just sit around gathering dust. I have a ludicrous dream t

Having other business ideas that are successful that take up nearly all my time. My other good ideas just sit around gathering dust. I have a ludicrous dream that I can find talented people and give them the ideas and money and let them go off and build something great, but I know the world doesn’t work like this. People would rather work on their own crappy ideas with no money than work on someone else's good idea backed with money.

mrfusion 9y ago
If it's a good idea I might be interested. Feel free to shoot me an email. (Btw nice article on Dyson spheres.)
nadermx 9y ago
Of course it does. Isn't that what running a business is? in some instances you hire someone to execute you idea..
- danieltillett 9y ago
  If only it was that simple. Startups are not successful if started by employees. You have to be 100% focused on the business and have the passion and commitment to make it work.
  - odonnellryan 9y ago
    I don't agree. I can deliver a good CRUD app quick and cheap -- 10-20k in 2 weeks -- because I've done it so many times. I'm not bored of it. It pays the bills. I still learn stuff all the time. Point is, you're right in the sense that you probably want people who have good domain knowledge. However, there's nothing special about technical founders without that. I'd even say most times their skills at getting an app out quick and fast (and good) are probably not that great, which is important for startups.
    - cynicalbastard 9y ago
      building the actual application is like 10% of starting a business, and businesses that need applications built are probably only 10% of businesses in general. let's be generous, and say it's 25% each. i know this is impossible for you to believe. so in other words, the aspect of 'business' that your particular skill covers is probably about 1-7% of the entire domain.
      - odonnellryan 9y ago
        I don't know what you're getting at. There are literally millions of applications...
loftyal 9y ago
If I think its a good idea, and you give me equity, I wouldn't have a problem working on it.
- danieltillett 9y ago
  Are you talented :)
taway_1212 9y ago
The Winklevoss brothers tried this approach with Facebook ;)

mrfusion 9y ago

If it's a good idea I might be interested. Feel free to shoot me an email. (Btw nice article on Dyson spheres.)

nadermx 9y ago

Of course it does. Isn't that what running a business is? in some instances you hire someone to execute you idea..

danieltillett 9y ago
If only it was that simple. Startups are not successful if started by employees. You have to be 100% focused on the business and have the passion and commitment to make it work.
- odonnellryan 9y ago
  I don't agree. I can deliver a good CRUD app quick and cheap -- 10-20k in 2 weeks -- because I've done it so many times. I'm not bored of it. It pays the bills. I still learn stuff all the time. Point is, you're right in the sense that you probably want people who have good domain knowledge. However, there's nothing special about technical founders without that. I'd even say most times their skills at getting an app out quick and fast (and good) are probably not that great, which is important for startups.
  - cynicalbastard 9y ago
    building the actual application is like 10% of starting a business, and businesses that need applications built are probably only 10% of businesses in general. let's be generous, and say it's 25% each. i know this is impossible for you to believe. so in other words, the aspect of 'business' that your particular skill covers is probably about 1-7% of the entire domain.
    - odonnellryan 9y ago
      I don't know what you're getting at. There are literally millions of applications...

loftyal 9y ago

If I think its a good idea, and you give me equity, I wouldn't have a problem working on it.

danieltillett 9y ago
Are you talented :)

taway_1212 9y ago

The Winklevoss brothers tried this approach with Facebook ;)