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If the person you're talking to is really capable of executing your idea (chances of that are small to begin with), he/she is probably also smart enough that th
by arbuge 14y ago
If the person you're talking to is really capable of executing your idea (chances of that are small to begin with), he/she is probably also smart enough that they have their own ideas they're more interested in than yours.
- Scene_Cast2 14y agoThat depends. I know that HN is more focused on ideas that boil down to making a website, the concept isn't true in the general case. For example, if you're doing ASIC/FPGA optimization, coming up with an idea is hard, and implementing one is (relatively) easy.
- arbuge 14y agoI used to be an IC designer - ICs are an exception. There are some exceptions of course - medical drugs are another that come to mind. Most business ideas are pretty simple though, even outside the internet world. Eg. Sam Walton -> just wanted to build a better retail store, turned into Walmart. Howard Schulz -> better coffee shop -> Starbucks. Warren Buffett -> stockpicking -> BRK. And so on. Execution on these was the hard part.
- mhuffman 14y agoThis is def. not true in general in my experience. There tends to be a huge gap between people who can implement an idea, and people that can come up with an original idea (even if they can not implement it themselves).
- bluesmoon 14y agoperson who comes up with idea -> scientist person who implements idea -> engineer engineering is often easier than science