What’s An Idea Really Worth?
It’s so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. (People who want me to sign an NDA to tell me the simplest idea.)…The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20. The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $20,000,000. That’s why I don’t want to hear people’s ideas. I’m not interested until I see their execution.
-Derek Sivers (sivers.org)
Ha! Spot on. People can sometimes get a little too precious about their idea(s) and as a result lose sight of what’s really important…execution.