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What do you mean by "idea people"? Because I consider myself an idea person, but I also make things and get things done. I'm afraid you are throwing the good ou

What do you mean by "idea people"? Because I consider myself an idea person, but I also make things and get things done. I'm afraid you are throwing the good out with the bad... unless you have some other idea of what idea people are... and maybe a better name for them that is less inclusive.

pdpi 9y ago
"Idea people" to me suggests the sort of folks who think that the secret to success is having a killer idea nobody thought of before, and execution is something that will sort itself out. This goes double if they think that execution is something that can be outsourced.
Blackstone4 9y ago
I imagine the poster might have meant "idea [only] people"...i.e. those with ideas but no execution
mikestew 9y ago
What do you mean by "idea people" “Hey, I’ve got a great idea for an iPhone app. It reminds you to change batteries in devices. You can build it, we can split the profits.” “I’ll require a $10K retainer up front, time and materials from there, you keep all of the profits.” <crickets> Source: an almost literal email exchange when I owned an iOS shop. One of many I received. Now that’s just some individual that thought they were going to strike it rich on the App Store with just an idea. It scales up to enterprise level as well.
combatentropy 9y ago
"Ideas are just a multiplier of execution," https://sivers.org/multiply https://sivers.org/multiply
- andrewflnr 9y ago
  What a breath of fresh air. I get just as tired of the "ideas are worthless" people. This perfectly expresses why you need both.
draw_down 9y ago
That's not what an idea person is. Idea people don't do anything, they think they're geniuses who can just come up with a "brilliant" idea and some other asshole should do all the legwork.
dkersten 9y ago
Most people are idea people to a certain degree.
gwbas1c 9y ago
It's a common silicon valley term. These are people who just have lots and lots of ideas, but no concept of how to build them or how practical their ideas are. They are, to put it mildly, a waste of time to work with.

pdpi 9y ago

"Idea people" to me suggests the sort of folks who think that the secret to success is having a killer idea nobody thought of before, and execution is something that will sort itself out. This goes double if they think that execution is something that can be outsourced.

Blackstone4 9y ago

I imagine the poster might have meant "idea [only] people"...i.e. those with ideas but no execution

mikestew 9y ago

What do you mean by "idea people" “Hey, I’ve got a great idea for an iPhone app. It reminds you to change batteries in devices. You can build it, we can split the profits.” “I’ll require a $10K retainer up front, time and materials from there, you keep all of the profits.” <crickets> Source: an almost literal email exchange when I owned an iOS shop. One of many I received. Now that’s just some individual that thought they were going to strike it rich on the App Store with just an idea. It scales up to enterprise level as well.

combatentropy 9y ago

"Ideas are just a multiplier of execution," https://sivers.org/multiply https://sivers.org/multiply

andrewflnr 9y ago
What a breath of fresh air. I get just as tired of the "ideas are worthless" people. This perfectly expresses why you need both.

draw_down 9y ago

That's not what an idea person is. Idea people don't do anything, they think they're geniuses who can just come up with a "brilliant" idea and some other asshole should do all the legwork.

dkersten 9y ago

Most people are idea people to a certain degree.

gwbas1c 9y ago

It's a common silicon valley term. These are people who just have lots and lots of ideas, but no concept of how to build them or how practical their ideas are. They are, to put it mildly, a waste of time to work with.