Francisco Raio

“Ideas are not valuable”
 
 I have met entrepreneurs, professors, and students who refrain from talking about their business or research ideas to others because they are afraid that people will steal their ideas.
 
 Everyone has ideas. People very rarely execute them because they are going on with their lives.
 
 Imagine you discussed your abstract business idea with someone for 5 minutes and that person suddenly gets convinced of the value of your idea, decides to drop everything he/she is doing currently in life, and starts working on the idea to build a product. I don’t think anyone has the power to alter someone’s course of life like that.
 
 If you are worried about discussing your ideas with others, I think you are missing out on perspectives that may help you.
 
 If you are too worried to present your research at a conference because you fear others may steal it and publish a better paper ahead of you, you are limiting your exposure to the scientific community.
 
 I don’t find much value in ideas. I find value in actions. I had hundreds of ideas and I executed none of them. I have heard ideas from dozens of people that no one ever executed. 
 
 I believe in discussing ideas with people. It may lead to collaboration or some tangible outcome. You might find someone who will motivate you to pursue your idea. You may find your co-founder. Or you may get a new idea from them. It may change your life, not theirs.
 
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