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    Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred 12 Nov 2017

    Why have startup people started saying, “The idea doesn’t matter?” Yes execution is important, but that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard

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      2. Jay‏ @itsjaydesu 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred @StephenPiment

        I think to encourage people to not get laser focused on one particular idea or model, since the idea may need to change slightly or significantly before it becomes viable, and it’s easy for new founders to get tunnel vision.

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      3. Stephen Pimentel‏ @StephenPiment 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @itsjaydesu @AustenAllred

        Things originally said as corrective hyperbole are often later repeated as simple truths. Hence, it's better to say what one actually means.

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      4. Jay‏ @itsjaydesu 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @StephenPiment @AustenAllred

        Sure - to be clearer (easier with 280c, for better or worse), I agree the maxim “the idea doesn’t matter” is indeed nuts. It’s more “Until receiving plenty of feedback from your target market proving your hypothesis, be open to changing or updating your idea.”

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      5. Stephen Pimentel‏ @StephenPiment 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @itsjaydesu @AustenAllred

        "Update your idea based on market feedback." Compact clarity is better than sloppy hype.

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      6. Jay‏ @itsjaydesu 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @StephenPiment @AustenAllred

        Sure, but I thought the question was about the motivation behind the statement. In any case, I also agree that brevity is indeed generally better.

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      1. David W. Locke‏ @DavidWLocke 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Innovation used to be management+invention, now it's management+management. Engineer and science free innovation. The one person company, the CEO.

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      1. Michael S Galpert‏ @msg 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        maybe the ppl you are referring to as "startup people" = ppl that don't have ideas

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      2. RockRobster‏ @RockRobster1 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        This idea exhausts me. Ideas are hierarchically more important than execution. That doesn’t mean that effective execution isn’t important either.

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      3. RockRobster‏ @RockRobster1 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @RockRobster1 @AustenAllred

        “The idea doesn’t matter” is, in fact, an idea.

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      1. Girl Alex‏ @grlalx 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I agree. So much.

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      1. Goolic‏ @Goolic 13 Nov 2017
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        "The idea doesn't matter": Let's make a better Bodega!https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/13/16301180/bodega-vending-machine-gentrification-startup-no-really-what …

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      1. Ana Maria Echeverri‏ @AnaMEcheverri 13 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Because startup people say a lot of stupid stuff... but people just go... wow! So smart!

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      1. Matt Perez  😎‏ @matt_perez 13 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred @skmurphy

        This has been the case for a while, it's not like it's "started" recently. It's like "fail fast:" it no longer makes sense and people say it because it is acceptable.

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      1. twalkerp‏ @twalkerp 13 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I do think I’d rather have a better execution team than idea team. Certainly both are needed. “0-1” ideas are amazing but rare and it’s not like those ideas create inertia; often they are mocked and it’s execution that keeps them alive and successful. Tesla is a great example.

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      1. Chandra Duggirala MD‏ @csentropy 13 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred @StephenPiment

        Most VC advice is bipolar. Either something is all that matters or doesn’t matter at all.

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      1. Basya‏ @OhCilantro 13 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        They obviously go hand in hand

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      1. Greg Beat‏ @beatgr 13 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Corollary ... “Talk is Cheap”. Ideas are vapor until built or executed ... and many fail during this step.

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      1. Youssef Sarhan‏Verified account @YS 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        People who want to diminish the hopes and dreams of others, so that they may use their energy as hedging for their own pursuits: “If I don’t succeed, I can at least succeed by making sure others don’t.”

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      1. i.love.debo  🇳🇬‏ @HomieSaint 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        It baffles me too cause if your ideas are not good what is there to execute .

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