I'm upvoting this because it's worth discussion and I know how you feel. True story: I knew a webmaster running a popular, static site that was bringing in $2k

I'm upvoting this because it's worth discussion and I know how you feel. True story: I knew a webmaster running a popular, static site that was bringing in $2k/month near pure passive for him, but he'd stopped updating his site and seemed to be losing interest. I decided I'd offer him $20,000 for his site since it was really related to the company I was with, and I thought I could make a decent return on it. I was willing to go as high as $30,000 if I went through the books and they looked good. So I meet the guy, and we went bowling together. I start talking, and a competitor I knew had just bought the site a couple months ago - for $30,000. Meh, I saw a little bit of red for a while, but this competitor was one of my most respected. He and I would go out to lunch from time to time and share ideas, but I'd never even insinuated at anything like my plan. Great ideas will be came up with independently of each other. If you're seeing a pattern of ideas you've got being created, then great job - it means you're thinking intelligently about market needs and possibilities. Just keep hustling, move fast when you do have a great idea, execute, and you'll get yours. Cheers man, I know the feeling - it sucks - but keep it up and you'll get yours.