Comments on: Never pass on an idea http://www.procrastinatingentrepreneur.ca/never-pass-on-an-idea Inspiring Entrepreneurs Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:37:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andy Zmolek http://www.procrastinatingentrepreneur.ca/never-pass-on-an-idea/comment-page-1#comment-3488 Andy Zmolek Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:27:33 +0000 http://www.procrastinatingentrepreneur.ca/?p=183#comment-3488 I'm not sure this is the best example to use -- the contracts, usage rights, and DRM hardware-software linkage issues with digital music are still non-trivial to navigate and very few people (like Steve Jobs) have ever been in a position to get enough stakeholders to the table to approach critical mass. In this case, the problem was really never about stumbling on the idea: there were thousands if not millions of people that had similar ideas but were not positioned to successfully execute the concept. There's a big difference between passing on an interesting idea that is novel mainly because it directly challenges entrenched business interests that you're not positioned to take on and talking yourself out of an interesting and novel idea that just needs enough of your time and attention to take root. I’m not sure this is the best example to use — the contracts, usage rights, and DRM hardware-software linkage issues with digital music are still non-trivial to navigate and very few people (like Steve Jobs) have ever been in a position to get enough stakeholders to the table to approach critical mass. In this case, the problem was really never about stumbling on the idea: there were thousands if not millions of people that had similar ideas but were not positioned to successfully execute the concept.

There’s a big difference between passing on an interesting idea that is novel mainly because it directly challenges entrenched business interests that you’re not positioned to take on and talking yourself out of an interesting and novel idea that just needs enough of your time and attention to take root.

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