haha. from this article google dredged up from that query (http:// alllooksame.com/?p=600)
"I’m not exactly sure why this shift in sentiment is happening but I believe it started after the Dotcom bust. Many “great” ideas never saw the light of day, and everyone realized the limitations of “great ideas”. Not just that, the Internet made it very easy to search and find the same or similar ideas that other people came up with. If you have a “great idea”, you just have to Google it, and chances are, someone else has already beat you to it." That doesn't invalidate great ideas in the least. It just shows many startups aren't original. The author aptly put "great" and "great ideas" in quotes, because they aren't in that form. A great idea will succeed. A 'me too' probably will not, even if executed well. If a VC doesn't have the capacity to tell a truely great idea from a "great idea (that's already been done)", well, they are in the wrong line of business. Of course there are many other factors involved, but this isn't a venue for discussing VC funding strategies etc. And yes, I'm 100% Engineer, and proud of it. :) On Apr 13, 1:39 pm, Jeff Schnitzer <j...@infohazard.org> wrote: > At risk of dragging this on... > > Ask any VC what they think about the relative merits of Idea and Execution. > > Or ask Google: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=idea+vs+execution > > Jeff > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Darien Caldwell > > > > <darien.caldw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Frankly this whole argument is silly. Apple started with something > > they cobbled together themselves from spare parts. Google started with > > their own proprietary software, BackRub, which was written in Java and > > Python and ran on Linux. > > > They didn't have anyone to help them, and they succeeded. Anyone using > > GAE, AWS, or anything period, has just as much a chance to succeed, or > > fail, based on the merit of their *idea*. > > > It's the destination that is important, quibbling over how you get > > there is non-productive. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
