Just a little self-promotion.
Check out an interview with me on the North Carolina Startup Blog about the value of an idea.
It was fun to revisit and I am looking forward to hopefully working more with the Startup Blog Network.
Tag Archives: idea
The Value of Implementation
September 28, 2008 – 9:15 am
Idea Valuation Revisited
September 19, 2008 – 10:49 am
It looks like I am going to get an opportunity to revisit the valuation of ideas.
I’m preparing an interview with a guy who blogged (jokingly) about buying new innovative ideas for $0.02 a piece (his “two cents”). Soon he started receiving offers from around the world from wanna-be entrepreneurs hoping to cash in on their [...]
The Value of An Idea
May 28, 2008 – 8:16 pm
I just saw a classic posting on Craigslist. It is probably not very interesting to non-developers. Some entrepreneurs will even think it sounds like a good deal. However, every coder with at least 1 project under their belt has met this guy:
I NEED A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO IS A COMPUTER GENIUS TO PARTNER WITH ME. [...]
I Will NOT Buy Your Idea
December 16, 2007 – 12:05 am
Last year I wrote a post titled “I Will Buy Your Idea“. It was a tongue-in-cheek post that was trying to make this point:
Ideas have no monetary value. The worth is in the implementation.
Dane Carlson picked it up and posted this on his Business Opportunities Weblog:
“Finally, someone recognizes the true value of a great idea: [...]
Software I Would Like to Develop
April 19, 2007 – 9:28 am
Software development was my hobby before it was my career. Since it is no longer my primary job responsibility I am once again able to view software development as a hobby. Unfortunately, I have a lot of hobbies and not enough time (golf, motorcycle, would like to be sailing again, etc). However, [...]
I Will Buy Your Idea
June 16, 2006 – 3:23 pm
After reading another poor soul who is convinced an idea is worth something I have decided to start buy ideas. I think that I am the only place where people can actually sell ideas. It should be noted that I will not buy all ideas, just the ones that I feel are original.
The [...]