Of course ideas have value only when executed. That's like saying a lottery ticket or a check only has value when cashed. That fact aside, some ideas are indee

Of course ideas have value only when executed. That's like saying a lottery ticket or a check only has value when cashed. That fact aside, some ideas are indeed worth more than others, just like some checks are worth more than others when cashed (aka executed). It all depends on what type of experience they are coming from. Most ideas are not worth much because they are coming from a place with little to no applicable experience, they are generated by someone looking at a problem domain from the outside rather than being an insider