Comments on: You’ve Got an Idea? So What?

By: Saurabh

Saurabh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:34:45 +0000

I really agree with the post..that you might have a great idea but finally you need to execute it to make it successful. Even I have been getting many ideas lately..but then I don’t have to time to execute it..as the job takes most of the time..:)

By: salim

salim — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:13:41 +0000

arun who are you and what you want to do in life???
tell me may be i guide you…….

By: salim

salim — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:10:54 +0000

i am a professor
commerce faculty

By: arun

arun — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:43:50 +0000

salim, are you a consultant?

By: Salim

Salim — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:44:04 +0000

idea
it is 0 if not implemented and is in (-) if wrongly implemented
idea to those who work & are always tired

i will speak to those who will pay me
i can share my idea to working class of people if they will pay me i:e money ….
i can adive them if they pay me else no

you can just advice people online as how to do work if you cannot do the same. and get paid for your advise’s on line. only you have to answer their queries

if you can not implement it

By: Kenney Jacob

Kenney Jacob — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:17:54 +0000

I do have a google doc and its full of ideas !!!!!!!
I wish I could implement atleast 1% of it.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:17:21 +0000

@Preeti:
I never said an idea alone will get you what you want. In fact my first line was “I agree execution is most important”.

By: preeti soni

preeti soni — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:14:39 +0000

@rohit

what is a great idea? a great idea is common sense put together with uncommon thinking. but how will you know whether it is great idea? only when you think about it expensively, discuss with others ,will try to execute it whether it is possible ? what may happen? will it work….and all these requires a great effort in the matter of time and money or anything in that case. so an idea alone will not get you what you want..it is thinking, strategy, planning and how you carry out everything?thats is execution….will take you to your goal..

By: preeti soni

preeti soni — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:06:34 +0000

Its not that if you have a great idea you are going to be successful. A great and innovative idea motivates you, but if you lack a mission you are not going to be successful.idea alone in business doesn’t matter, what matters is a strong mission. if you look at the great business-how they are built-they always have the strong mission, great leadership, a competent team, excellent cash flow and financing, clear and effective sales and marketing communications, an efficient system and off course a great idea in the form of product..so you can realize that idea is the last. so unless you do not know which way you need to travel, you cant complete the journey by simply having a great idea. Mission is the most important part of business and it is the spirit of the business. it is the heart of business, without spirit and heart no one will be able to make it because the road ahead is a hard one. so if you don’t have a mission but only idea and do not know how to execute it though you may have enough enthusiasm for your idea it is waste. it is always the execution thats matters, as how business are executed which is nothing but a well designed system in which the business are carried out.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:30:38 +0000

And why the hell everyone says “Starting a startup”. Shouldn’t it be “Starting up” or “Starting a business”?

By: Rohit

Rohit — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:29:41 +0000

I agree that execution is most important. But anybody who says “You have got an idea?So What” or “Ideas are dime a dozen” doesn’t know what he is talking about. Bad ideas are dime a dozen, but truly innovative ideas are not. Starting up on your own is never easy. It’s only the idea and the vision of future that no one else can see that motivates an entrepreneur.

Niraj: When you truly come across a great idea, you will also find enough motivation to work on it, even if no one encourages you. The ideas that loose their charm after a few weeks or months were probably never good enough in the first place.

By: Matt Wilson

Matt Wilson — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:43:05 +0000

I read somewhere that a good idea for a business is as important as locating your shoes before a marathon.

I think that is about right.

By: Amit Aggarwal

Amit Aggarwal — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:00:54 +0000

few tips :

Create a google doc for your idea as you can access it a anytime-anywhere..share with few of ur friends for their input and see if anyone among them are interested…

While commuting between office and home (for me it was 2-3 hrs per day) think over ur idea and write down thoughts in ur mind in small notepad.

Above 2 points can help you atleast in ur planning part.

By: niraj

niraj — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:24:49 +0000

Hi Ashish

Nice post in my case

Daily i got 1-2 new ideas (either Good or bad) from internet or newspaper or any media but after 9-10 hours of office work + home works …most of the ideas lost..

Sometimes i am very excited with new ideas but as time passes i am not able to work on it.. not enough self motivation and no encouragement from friends and family

Do u have any suggestion ?

By: Sridhar Oruganti

Sridhar Oruganti — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:28:34 +0000

I remember reading this in sukshma sometime back.Thanks ‘you’ for the repost.