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Want To Share An Idea With The World? Share Some Feedback? Do It Here!

From the lens A Quest For New Ideas.

  • Quixoting Aug 18, 2009 @ 9:40 pm | delete
    Hey Kai - Your "Idea of the Day" blog is great! That's a lot of pressure - how do you come up with them all?
  • Kai Aug 16, 2009 @ 11:01 am | delete
    You're right on the money Tim. To Glenn's point, my experience is that first-time entrepreneurs in particular are much, much more likely to sit on something (because they are afraid to share it) and never see it realized than put an idea out there and have someone steal it. Generally speaking, the world doesn't actually work that way. And like you say, getting feedback (positive or negative) is the first step that many of us need to get out of 'idea' mode and into 'do' mode. I put idea out there all the time through my "Idea of the Day" blog. Some are good, some are maybe not-so good, but as your 'bottom drawer theory' states I'd actually rather have someone take my idea and profit from it than see it go to waste. At least that builds up confidence in my ideas...
  • Quixoting Aug 11, 2009 @ 9:46 pm | in reply to oakleighvermont | delete
    Thanks for the feedback! If you are looking for examples of how to share your ideas, go to the blog and you can see how I've done it - right from the idea book and into the hands of others! http://blog.quixoting.com/new_ideas/

    Hijacking is one of the most common fears we have about sharing our ideas. The reality is that there are no (or precious few) totally new ideas. It was one of the things that held me back. But i believe that the only way to know if your idea has value is to expose it to others. If that means someone can steal it, well, so be it. But that seems to be a rare situation. No one knows what's in your head and how you will morph your idea over time.

    For those reasons, I decided to act and I have felt great ever since . . .
  • Quixoting Aug 11, 2009 @ 9:40 pm | in reply to Kathy Rose | delete
    Hi Kathy! It is one of my favorites along with many others from Richard Bach. He's very good!
  • Kathy Rose Aug 11, 2009 @ 11:22 am | delete
    Tim

    Thanks for sharing the list of books! I haven't read Jonathan Livingston Seagull in long time. Now, I am inspired to read it again. I am also going to check out some of the others on your list.
  • oakleighvermont Aug 11, 2009 @ 6:23 am | delete
    Neat concept and solid resources to use in creating ideas.

    Do you have any examples to show that would give more context for the format and context?

    How do we know that our ideas won't be hijacked by someone else for their profit?

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