* Sometimes other things look similar but a small change you made to the idea is the novel part and makes a big difference * Many, many ideas live in obscurity

* Sometimes other things look similar but a small change you made to the idea is the novel part and makes a big difference * Many, many ideas live in obscurity. If you can take one and learn how to execute it in a way that gets users, you've done something novel * Creating is more frequently combining existing ideas into a new thing. There are infinite ways to weave together existing ideas into something new.