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I completely disagree. Ideas are extremely important. A mediocre idea with perfect execution won't get you very far. If Bezos had tried to build online store

I completely disagree. Ideas are extremely important. A mediocre idea with perfect execution won't get you very far. If Bezos had tried to build online store builders ala Viaweb - instead of THE online store - he would have a net worth at best of 1/10000 of where he's at now. Good ideas are exponentially better than mediocre ideas.

mi100hael 8y ago
Founders of billion dollar businesses are extreme outliers with uncommon vision & a healthy dose of luck. Besides, Yahoo bought Viaweb for about $50MM, and Shopify is a billion dollar company of its own. If $10MM or $50MM isn't successful, then I'll be happy to fail.