Steal that F***ing idea…
This is Execution Era. Ideas are worth dime.
A few days back one of my friends met who was about to start his venture in logistics domain. I genuinely asked about the idea and how he wished to enter the territory. Being an operations intensive industry, I wanted to understand what problem he was about to solve and his approach towards it.
And suddenly the conversation became tough. It became tense as if we were discussing some murder or robbery and his reply started with “You know this industry has thousands of issues and we’ve hit a really big problem. We can be a multimillion company in few months.” Then onward he took me through the industry but never wanted to share the idea. Maybe he knew I would have stolen the idea.
I changed the topic and the conversation drifted towards weather again.
We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas- Steve Jobs
Good artists copy. Great artists steal- Picasso
This is execution era. Nobody has an idea which others don’t and ideas are nobody’s property. So take our advice and steal that idea. The idea you liked, the idea you did not like, the idea that you might have liked if… and thus steal all ideas and make them your own.
Here are a few reasons why you should steal the next idea you like:
Better Execution:
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard- Guy Kawasaki
If you can do it better than the person who conceived the idea, go steal it. If you have a better team to do the same work, go steal it. If you have more experience or more money go steal the idea. No VC firm invests in an idea until they see the team and execution. So fu*king go ahead and steal all ideas floating around.
Don’t wait for application like the other person, distribute pamphlet and start operations. Don’t wait for website to come up, create a wordpress site and start services. Lean Startup era doesn’t like resources to come up. They create and let resources find them.
Better Vision: Not everyone has same vision. Some people like Mark Zuckerberg wait for 7 years to make business profitable and when they do, they buy a 52 member startup for 19 billion Dollars. If you have a much much better vision for that startup go do it. Make a grand vision for the idea and start creating MVP.
Better Execution + Better Vision + Better Team = Awesomeness
People who believe they can do, are the ones who do. :)
Further Reads: Data tells a compelling story.
