Comments on: Questioning an Idea

By: J Phillips

J Phillips — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:27:43 +0000

Joe, you raise a good point, however it’s not that I was trying to have a 100% thought through plan, and waiting for the stars to align. I more kept asking the question “what value does this have” and not having that rock solid answer bugs me.

By: Joe Maddalone

Joe Maddalone — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:09:14 +0000

Sometimes, to quote that all-too-timely movie, you just have to say, “WTF?” and jump in head first.

An idea, a notion, whatever… if you have all the required factors with the sole exception of the time, then make the time and get it out of your system. I am not a huge proponent of the positive thought-hooplah school of logic, but certainly a fan of removing negative factors.

Sitting around saying, “what if i had…” definitely qualifies as a negative in my book.

By: ChrisT

ChrisT — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:13:14 +0000

The honest answer I think is there’s just no way of knowing whether it will work or not — if you choose to go ahead, some of your doubts will almost certainly prove to be unfounded, and some things you were sure abut will turn out dead wrong.

I’ve started a few business now (mainly offline), and at least one of those I would have canned in the first few months if I’d been doing it for someone else — as it was I didn’t feel able to and so continued (it eventually became very successful).

So, ultimately, go with what you believe in, and hang on, it’ll be a bumpy ride.

By: J Phillips

J Phillips — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:40:33 +0000

Kelly, before starting those projects, how did you feel about the value side of what you were designing/building? Aside from time, did any other factors cause you to stop work on those?

By: kelly

kelly — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:37:06 +0000

My roommate used to own the domain unfinishedproduct.com. I have so many half built templates, domains that I’ve never used, and ideas that I don’t have time to follow up on.

I think having a clear strategy, plan, and timeline can really help a project not only get finished, but get started too!

Best of luck!