I was talking about startups and business ideas with a co-worker yesterday, and was amused when he suggested that I keep my business idea private because he thought it was a good one. Being secretive with a business idea seems to be the initial gut reaction of most people I meet.
The reality of course is that ideas are cheap. Everyone has ideas – and just about everyone’s got that one killer idea they will someday implement and be wildly successful. But almost no one does.
The reason is that acting on an idea is very different than having one.
Implementing, even seemigly trivial ideas, takes time, money and tremendous amount of effort.
And the best way to make sure that your idea has any chance of succeeding to get help from other people, which requires you to share the diea with others.
I may be naive, but I think that the best thing you can do with an idea is share it with anyone who is willing to listen.
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