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edw519 on Sept 1, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why you should continue working on your bad idea

Nice post, OP. Reminded me of this:

  Good umpire: I call 'em as I see 'em.
  Better umpire: I call 'em as they are.
  Best umpire: They aren't anything until I call 'em.

Similarly:

  Good founder: I think it was a bad idea.
  Better founder: I know it was a bad idea.
  Best founder: It doesn't become a bad idea until I stop working on it.

johnrob on Sept 1, 2012 [–]

The last line is great. Another way it often plays out:

Person (1) has idea, (2) pitches investors (who pass), and (3) abandons idea.

Step 3 is not merely evidence of the investors being right, it's the reason they are right.

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