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I’ve got great news for all the early-stage founders out there: No one really cares about your idea. With a few notable exceptions, where the underlying knowledge is probably patent-worthy to begin with, your idea is not revolutionary and not worth stealing. Why? Because success is determined almost entirely by execution. That’s why I advise 99% of my founders to share as much as they can about their companies with almost anyone who will listen. When your company is young, you don’t pose a threat. You’re welcome to ask questions, seek advice, and make mistakes without much scrutiny. There’s so much you can learn from the perspective of others when you share your pitch and your progress with others. This is one of the reasons why the “build in public” movement has gained so much traction amongst startup founders. So: Pitch that investor… Share that deck… Tell that potential co-founder about your grand ambitions to build a billion-dollar company. At the end of the day, great companies aren’t ideated. They’re built.
Spot on, Ben Zises! It's not about who has the most unique idea, but who can turn that idea into reality. A great idea is just a thought until you act on it. It's like having a map to a treasure, but not knowing how to read it or too afraid someone else might steal it. But hey, if you don't start digging, how will you find the treasure? So go ahead, share your ideas and plans with others - you never know who might help you hit gold.
Is there a limit to this? What if you have a particularly good idea? Is it perhaps a good idea to share an overview vs. the ins-and-outs? Should you feel equally comfortable sharing the idea with an investor as you should with a software engineer who can actually make the idea real themselves without you?
agreed
I've had friends ask for my advice on their pre-launch startup and then ask me to sign an NDA... this post perfectly captures my reaction
Absolutely love this. Everyone has great ideas. It's about doing, executing, actualization. Well said.
Love this 💯
probably at least 10+ other founders / companies building what you're trying to build.... and one OpenAI iteration from being obsolete 😅 ... execution > idea.
👍 talk to people and do things, or keep dreaming 😂
Execution trumps ideas; share, learn, and grow.
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4mo💯 there is a reason that we as founders are meant to build our ideas, is that we often have both the industry experience and passion to execute on that. With few exceptions, someone from the outside can't just dump money into an idea and make it what you can. It's about executing on a vision, letting the kindling turn into a big, roaring flame 🔥 The spark doesn't go anywhere without the right nurturing and environment for it to grow.