Comments on: Ideas http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/07/ideas/ Matt Johnston's Blog About Tech, Innovation, Startups, Opportunity ... and Sailing Tue, 22 May 2012 17:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: mj » Blog Archive » Moving ideas to implementation and beyond… http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/07/ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-27313 mj » Blog Archive » Moving ideas to implementation and beyond… Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:12:58 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=985#comment-27313 [...] over at the DigitalCircle blog about taking ideas to the next stage. I’ve covered this before here and [...] [...] over at the DigitalCircle blog about taking ideas to the next stage. I’ve covered this before here and [...]

]]> By: mj http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/07/ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-23100 mj Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:53:45 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=985#comment-23100 <i>"The more Spencer Trask looked, the less it offered. Spencer Trask is basically buying the Cambrian House platform and its community for a fraction of the $7.75 million that investors have already put into the company. We cannot yet confirm an exact figure, but one source speculates that it could be less than $1 million."</i> Ouch. That's painful. “The more Spencer Trask looked, the less it offered. Spencer Trask is basically buying the Cambrian House platform and its community for a fraction of the $7.75 million that investors have already put into the company. We cannot yet confirm an exact figure, but one source speculates that it could be less than $1 million.”

Ouch. That’s painful.

]]> By: Aidan http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/07/ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-23098 Aidan Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:26:56 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=985#comment-23098 Much of their IP is being bought by some venture capitalist, from what I can tell. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/12/when-crowdsourcing-fails-cambrian-house-headed-to-the-deadpool/ Much of their IP is being bought by some venture capitalist, from what I can tell. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/12/when-crowdsourcing-fails-cambrian-house-headed-to-the-deadpool/

]]> By: mj http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/07/ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-23097 mj Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:19:52 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=985#comment-23097 <b>Mike:</b> The sperm/egg analogy is well made - though I've not had sterling successes with finding eggs :) My past work at being a software company has been a pretty sad story. Working to change that....but it's a slow process. <b>Aidan:</b> Whatever happened to them? Mike: The sperm/egg analogy is well made – though I’ve not had sterling successes with finding eggs :) My past work at being a software company has been a pretty sad story. Working to change that….but it’s a slow process.

Aidan: Whatever happened to them?

]]> By: Aidan http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/07/ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-23076 Aidan Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:57:04 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=985#comment-23076 Cambrian House proves to me that the idea has fuck all to do with success. 7,000 odd ideas, some of them fantastic but ultimately worthless without someone to make them happen. Cambrian House proves to me that the idea has fuck all to do with success. 7,000 odd ideas, some of them fantastic but ultimately worthless without someone to make them happen.

]]> By: Mike Cane http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/07/ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-23075 Mike Cane Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:39:08 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=985#comment-23075 When I was a wee lad, I thought all my ideas were so Great and I was very protective of them and was crushed when I saw other people eventually come up with the same thing. The harsh truth is that ideas are like ejaculated sperm. The *only* sperm that counts is the one that actually *connects with an egg*. Given enough time, most people will create the idea someone else has had. It's getting that idea brought to *life* and *walking out in the world* that matters. When I was a wee lad, I thought all my ideas were so Great and I was very protective of them and was crushed when I saw other people eventually come up with the same thing.

The harsh truth is that ideas are like ejaculated sperm. The *only* sperm that counts is the one that actually *connects with an egg*.

Given enough time, most people will create the idea someone else has had. It’s getting that idea brought to *life* and *walking out in the world* that matters.

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