Funny thing.
I remember "inventing Uber" over dinner with my dad, when pondering the intersection of Google maps, Android phones, and lame public transport.
A few years, Uber was all over the news. This was not the first time I've had that kind of experience.
Moral of the story: I'm so smart!
No wait. That's not it. The real moral of the story: ideas are not special. Thoughtful experts in any particular field will tend to invent similar things.
Execution, and luck, make all the difference.
@HerraBRE also having a shitload of VC money helps
@aeonofdiscord Of course.
Behind the word "luck" in my toot above, there lurks an entire universe of privileged access to people, money, time, ... things most people just don't have.
And even with all of those things, most start-ups still fail.
@HerraBRE Yeah. Next time someone wants to tell me his brilliant idea, I won't sign an NDA just to find out that it's a local clone of something and there's 2 competitors already doing it.
:)
@HerraBRE Yes, exactly, unfortunately many people do not understand this and believe their own ideas are special so they never talk about them or ask people to sign NDAs before discussing.