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Sharing your idea with potential customers is part of the Customer Discovery Process (Steve Blank) and it leads you to refining your original concept. Sharing
by CyberFonic 16y ago
Sharing your idea with potential customers is part of the Customer Discovery Process (Steve Blank) and it leads you to refining your original concept.
Sharing your idea with potential competitors, especially those who can execute quicker than you is dumb. You could be told that your idea sux and they'll go off and implement it.
- anthonycerra 16y agoIt's refreshing to hear someone make a distinction between the people with whom you're sharing the idea. The practice of keeping the idea a secret is absurd, but so is telling anyone within earshot. You just don't know who's listening. This may come across a little (read: very) cynical, but it's in the best interest of angels and VCs to advise us to tell everyone our startup ideas. "No one cares about your idea" is only true for those who have something of their own to work on.
- biznickman 16y agoTelling "those who can execute quicker than you is dumb." Fair statement.