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Derek Sivers

from the book "Anything You Want":

Ideas are just a multiplier of execution

2005-08-16

It's so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. People
who want me to sign a non-disclosure agreement to tell me the
simplest idea.

Ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier.
Execution is worth millions.

Explanation:

AWFUL IDEA      -1
WEAK IDEA       1
SO-SO IDEA      5
GOOD IDEA       10
GREAT IDEA      15
BRILLIANT IDEA  20

 

NO EXECUTION        $1
WEAK EXECUTION      $1000
SO-SO EXECUTION     $10,000
GOOD EXECUTION      $100,000
GREAT EXECUTION     $1,000,000
BRILLIANT EXECUTION $10,000,000

To make a business, you need to multiply the two.

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.

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