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"Any really good new idea will seem bad to most people." This is a very true statement. The danger that I've seen is so often people think, "My idea seems bad
by boredguy8 19y ago
"Any really good new idea will seem bad to most people."
This is a very true statement. The danger that I've seen is so often people think, "My idea seems bad to most people, ergo it must be good!"
How do you separate the seemingly bad from the actual bad? Figure _that_ out, and you'll make something of yourself.
- parker 19y agoI agree with your point here. Some ideas seem so radically out of touch, that they actually are out of touch. The founder of Intuit once said that 'your competition isn't other companies, but the way things are done now'. Some companies like to invent ideas about what people actually do. Therefore: observe how people spend their time, and make something that makes that better or more valuable. Then you can make sure you're not making something 'actually bad'!
- paul 19y agoThat's a great quote, but I can't find the source. Do you have one?
- parker 19y agoYou bet Paul, check out #3 on the following link: http://www.fitzblog.com/bid/2082/Seven-Startup-Lessons-from-Intuit http://www.fitzblog.com/bid/2082/Seven-Startup-Lessons-from-... I generally shy away from the numbered list blog format, but this is a classic read IMO.
- nostrademons 19y ago"How do you separate the seemingly bad from the actual bad?" Try it and find out.
- pg 19y agoHow do you separate the seemingly bad from the actual bad? This is basically the business YC is in. The short answer is: practice. One day I'll try writing down the long answer.
- freax 19y agoYou need to take more risks, pg. You need to become... pg-13
- MaysonL 19y agoAs Niels Bohr (to Wolfgang Pauli(or vice versa)) once said, "We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough."