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Re:Your idea is brilliant, your idea is worthless (2016) by adventured on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:39AM (#27895072)
If it succeeds, there's a pretty serious question about whether it was actually a terrible idea. I'd be doubtful about the premise accordingly. I think the successful outcome is inherently invalidating of the notion it was a terrible idea.

I've been reading about business history for decades, I enjoy it. I can't think of an example that matches that setup. Ideas like the pet rock or chia pet or electronic dancing flower pots jump to mind, however my thinking is immediately that: well, they weren't such terrible ideas then, lots of people wanted to buy those things.

A combination of disposable income and endless desire to be amused/entertained, is a potent consumption formula. The pet rock for example was a relatively inexpensive tchotchke of very temporary curiosity and amusement. People love to be amused, entertained and to have trinkets to talk about or show off. A lot of seemingly bad ideas fall into that space.

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Re:Your idea is brilliant, your idea is worthless (2016) by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:50AM (#27895223)
That's true. "Terrible" is in the eye of the beholder.

Many, many companies make bank, by taking classic ideas, and executing them well.

It's like Joe Cocker made many obscure songs into mega-hits.

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Re:Your idea is brilliant, your idea is worthless (2016) by username90 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @12:33PM (#27895934)
If other companies are making lots profit doing something then it isn't a terrible idea. A terrible idea is trying to build something that will never make lots of money, like the pet dating sites or so.
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Re:Your idea is brilliant, your idea is worthless (2016) by ChrisMarshallNY on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @12:48PM (#27896096)
Like the songs that Joe Cocker often covered, the ideas may be languishing, with little-to-moderate success.

Until done properly, or combined with other ideas or good marketing.

Until they make money, they are derided as "terrible ideas."

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Re:Your idea is brilliant, your idea is worthless (2016) by username90 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @12:55PM (#27896212)
Of course some ideas are hard to recognize as good, but you can't say that there aren't any terrible ideas out there. Trying to implement a terrible idea will never work out no matter how well you execute, unless you make it into a MLM scam but I wouldn't call that success.
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