Re:Our Team Won Startup Weekend and All We Got Was a Shitty ...
by forgetsusername on Friday September 18, 2015 @02:20PM
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>"Because nobody can tell which idea is a good one.
Maybe because none of them are?
Again, you're assuming that these are all "great ideas", that just can't be discovered. I'm claiming the opposite. Go grab an app at random. I'll bet you it's an attractive, functional app that's utterly pointless. Thousands of people have executed their terrible ideas.
>you have to convince Engineers your idea is good
Exactly. The idea is important. As is the execution.
>That leaves the ideas, which are a dime a dozen. Clear?
Ideas are a dime a dozen. So are technical people. Good ideas are not, just as good technical people are not.
If I were starting a business, I'd take a great idea and random technical people over great technical people and a completely random idea.
Maybe because none of them are?
Again, you're assuming that these are all "great ideas", that just can't be discovered. I'm claiming the opposite. Go grab an app at random. I'll bet you it's an attractive, functional app that's utterly pointless. Thousands of people have executed their terrible ideas.
>you have to convince Engineers your idea is good
Exactly. The idea is important. As is the execution.
>That leaves the ideas, which are a dime a dozen. Clear?
Ideas are a dime a dozen. So are technical people. Good ideas are not, just as good technical people are not.
If I were starting a business, I'd take a great idea and random technical people over great technical people and a completely random idea.