Moving ideas from dream to reality
Once upon a time, when I was all glad about generating ideas constantly, I was under the impression that generating ideas was all that was needed to gain success. I even called (and in some places still do) myself an “idea guy”. And I assume that this is a skill that would in some companies (Apple, Sony) could be a whole job.
But it is not a whole job when you run your own small show. And likely it is not a job with major corporations during a recession.
I sort of figured this out a couple of years ago, and started focusing more on moving the ideas from a piece of paper or document into some sort of reality. My first approach was to spend money. If I was financially invested in the idea, I thought, I could do nothing but move forward on it. So, I started buying domain names.
Not much else happened. I have lots of domain names, but very few services launched.
Then, I found RentACoder and TemplateMonster. I was under the impression that if I specified an idea technically, and provided a design, I would have a service ready to launch. This has worked, but only to a degree. As a result of this approach some of my ideas are actually live and running.
But there has always been something missing. The love and the dedication, and the long term attention by all aspects of a team (design, development, marketing). I have been stuck here a long time. At one point, I almost gave up.
Today, however, is a new day. And one of my great old ideas is on its way to real true reality. How, you ask? By people, and people with skills. In my office we will in 2 weeks be four people. Two developers, a designer and myself. We will focus on a relatively small project (10 week time budget) and hopefully launch a fully fledged piece of awesomeness when the time is up.
This one dude said to me once, “ideas are a dime a dozen, kid. It is the commitment that separates the men from the boys.”
And this time, I am committed. Together with a team of great people. I will keep you updated, right here.
Because that’s how you roll! Looking forward to following your journey buddy.