18/07/2015
Business Ideas Don’t Go Anywhere Without An Entrepreneur Driving Them
If you’re an old guy like me, you’ve possibly had more than one or two friends or relatives through the years come up with some interesting concept that they thought they were going to make them filthy rich. They knew that if they just came up with the right thing, that they’d be on their way.
The funny part is that several of the ideas actually weren’t all that bad. Some, well, they were a bit wacky, but so was the Pet Rock, but it did pretty darn well. If you are too young to remember the pet rock, just accept that it had been a d***y idea that made an entrepreneur lots of money.
But, with very few exceptions, those people with their bright ideas never made any revenues, developed any products or became captains of any industries. The reason is that they weren’t entrepreneurs. They were just people with a solid idea. If you are wondering, as my Dad used to say, “once in a lifetime deals, usually don’t come along more than once or twice per day”
So it’s not the idea, it’s the ex*****on of the concept that means almost everything. I guess the exception would be if you had seeds that would actually produce money trees, you would not need much help selling those.
