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But I would have thought that the MoneyBeamer example from the article (becomes PayPal) would classify as a bad bad idea going by your definition, and yet... I

But I would have thought that the MoneyBeamer example from the article (becomes PayPal) would classify as a bad bad idea going by your definition, and yet... I think that the important thing is that you need to build the full widget, even if it is a bad idea. At some point during widget development, you'll nearly always have to solve a problem that could be applied to another domain with more success.

nazgulnarsil 18y ago
I think the core idea was just to make money exchange easier via electronic means. their implementation was a good bad idea. But I think it depends on how much resources you are going to commit to it. building a widget = no risk. starting a company based on moneybeaming was a bigger risk. With cheap implementations you can afford to play around with bad bad ideas until you at least get a good bad one. :)