The consensus here is that ideas aren't worth anything because they are found so easily. But if that's true, then there must also be ideas that meet all the req

The consensus here is that ideas aren't worth anything because they are found so easily. But if that's true, then there must also be ideas that meet all the requirements. Roughly: (a) solves a problem (b) fun to work on (c) meets a demand (d) people willing to pay for it. For me it's impossible not to worry (or at least think) about the money. If I build a free web service and need to expand to more than 2 servers then money becomes a serious issue already. Take Reddit for instance. It was a good idea in the sense that the founders got to a successful exit. However, I wouldn't be able to expand after the first 3000 or so users, and would have to shut down. I don't think Reddit has made any money in the first couple of years, and they burned through $100.000 (crunchbase) before they got acquired. And a website without graphics that basically displays a bunch of links... that's really inexpensive to build and scale.