Hackers vs. Consultants: How not to find an idea (Part 1 of 3)

The premise is interesting, but there isn't anything conclusive about part 1. Part 1 is also incredibly short. It left me wondering why the story is even divided into parts at all.<p>I felt as if I started watching a 30 minute TV show and "TO BE CONTINUED" happens 10 minutes in.

The OP doesn't seem to be able to take any personal responsibility for his ideas flopping. Can't put one iota of blame on himself.<p><i>I've spent enough time to know that the culture of a 'corporate' work environment forces you into a particular way of thinking</i><p><i>They can't appreciate the idea because they don't understand the technical details</i><p><i>Perhaps my cofounders had their judgement clouded by creating one too many PowerPoint decks or Excel models</i><p>Do you think maybe it has at least a little to do with a) your idea b) the way you're selling the idea or c) you?

<i>I naturally had some very tech-heavy ideas (e.g., new approaches for mobile / social / local, new hardware devices). I found it hard to get my co-founders to react positively, even after spending hours trying to convince them of the opportunity.</i><p><i>I can spend hours explaining why an idea was a better technology than what's out there, but for some ideas, it's just tough to fully appreciate if you don't understand the technical details.</i><p>Dangerous thinking. People don't use/buy something because it's "better technology"... e.g. the tech-specs-as-the-major-selling-point Android tablets vs. the iPad.<p>Mind sharing some of your "technical" startup ideas? Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

The idea of starting a company and THEN trying to find an idea is just so utterly foreign to me that I doubt I'll ever understand it.

The fear of being an entrepreneur if you don't have a great idea is our biggest handicap. Everyone thinks they need to have everything ironed out before they can leave their "career". If more people just started viewing entrepreneurship as a career path of its own (as it is), a lot more cool products and business models would be invented.<p>I definitely agree with the notion "Team first, Idea second". Good ideas are easy; execution is the hard part. Put together a good team, and good ideas will come -- the support for this is the existence of many serial entrepreneurs.

It is funny that most people in software have no fucking clue about software...all they have is their IDEAAAa...and they think they own &#62; 70% because of their idea.<p>I had a potential co-founder ask me once...Dont you think 30% is a lot for just making it..I stuck to a diplomatic answer but I wish I had told him something like.."No you retard....70% is a lot for just sitting on your couch and reading fucking techcrunch all the time".<p>Bottomline is if you cant code you are not invited to the party!