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Re:'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.' by GBond on Thursday February 03, 2011 @07:08PM (#2177655)
IMO his big win was getting an iPhone app dev (who can actually execute) agree to make an app for him on the premise of splitting revenue. Either this was real early time of the "App goldrush" before anyone knew money could be made or the dev was a friend (post seems to imply it was a random twitter follower).

Anybody with a reputation as a good iPhone app dev get the age old "idea guy" proposition at least 3 times a week: "I got a great app idea.. I'll give you some of the $ if you code it just for me."

Re:'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.' by rgbrgb on Thursday February 03, 2011 @07:28PM (#2177717)
For what it's worth, if anyone came to me with those screens and that idea, I'd code it in a day. There's a difference between "I have this idea for a game, here's a sketch of a character" and "I have an idea for a simple app that I've already done most of the work on and it will only take a few hours to code".
Re:'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.' by zackattack on Thursday February 03, 2011 @08:22PM (#2177888)
can you send me an email? [email protected] i have an ultraquick iphone app i want to make. i have kickass wireframes already.
Re:'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.' by GBond on Thursday February 03, 2011 @08:38PM (#2177927)
^ I rest my case ;)
Re:'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.' by sgrove on Thursday February 03, 2011 @10:47PM (#2178266)
Meh, Zack's the real deal, exactly what the poster mentioned looking for. He has some pretty good ideas, executes on them as much as he can, and outsources what he can't.

I understand your point, I just think there's a difference between the stereotypical dude-bro idea marketing guy preying on developers and people who can carry their own weight.

Re:'Don’t ignore your stupid ideas.' by Unseelie on Friday February 04, 2011 @09:19AM (#2179452)
The issue isn't that these people don't exist, but much as happens on dating sites, the women(devs) get message after message after message...It becomes incredibly time consuming weeding the -few- goods out from the chaf.