Who stole your idea?

Reading this makes me think of a similar experience I've had which really emphasised the point "Ideas are worth nothing without execution" for me. These days, people say it all the time, but to experience it is another thing.<p>I'm starting to think it's very powerful (as far as necessary?) to go through an experience like this.<p>One thing I'm pretty certain of is that this experience will change Leo's thinking forever.<p>Related: Derek Sivers - "Ideas are just a multiplier or execution" - <a href="http://sivers.org/multiply" rel="nofollow">http://sivers.org/multiply</a>

I'm starting to get very tired of this way of thinking.<p>Ideas are VERY important. They give you the direction and aiming point that your 'execution' will eventually be built from.<p>If the google guys had had the idea to let you search dog shoes instead of the entire internet (even though the idea had been floating around for a while), even if they executed it to perfection. They would NEVER have succeeded. Unless they 'pivoted' (got another idea/direction).