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idk, is it ethical to breathe air?
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Generally I've been 100% using other people's ideas but want to have a conversation about it. Didn't every market start out with an idea? For the big money ideas, say private education, there are thousands upon thousands of competitors in that market. Firmly entrenched too.
Now, let's compare that to a market that has never been tested before with 0 competitors. In this case isn't even 5, or 10 competitors a such small negligible amount that they wouldn't even affect each other?
In my case some "friends" approached me about an idea. I said yea lets do it. We were unable to setup a meeting and after a month I said no thanks I can't work with people who can't communicate well. One of them called me back and said lets revisit it, we will have better communication this time etc., I said I'm in. Day after I tried calling them and now 2 days later still haven't heard from them. These "friends" of a history of not following through on what they said to me over and over again. The idea is kinda good tho
THIS ^An idea isn't worth anything without execution. There are so many people in this world that the chances that your idea is "unique" is next to none. This means that even if 2, 5, 10, 1000, 10,000 people have the same "idea", it will be different because people will choose to execute the idea differently based on their experiences and knowledge.
Social connection: Myspace, + hundreds of other small sites existed, but then Facebook came along and took the same idea and executed differently
Circus: Ring brothers and smaller circuses existed, but then Cirque du Soleil came along and took the same idea and executed it better
Blogs: So many bloggers in the health niche who have the same idea of creating content. Why do some excel while others do not? Because they execute differently.
Generally I've been 100% using other people's ideas but want to have a conversation about it. Didn't every market start out with an idea? For the big money ideas, say private education, there are thousands upon thousands of competitors in that market. Firmly entrenched too.
Now, let's compare that to a market that has never been tested before with 0 competitors. In this case isn't even 5, or 10 competitors a such small negligible amount that they wouldn't even affect each other?
One person starts to compete for the same customers, same product. No monopoly. They have to have a reasonable selling point, so price is checked and balanced by the two companies.
Are you taking an idea and making it yours, improving, innovating and adding a new spin. Or, are you looking to have a replica, copy cat of a business because it "makes 10k a month"
The former go ahead, the latter, you're f*cked. Beyond being 'unethical', ...it just won't work. You are never gonna be number 1 by following. Furthermore, if you even think that you are on the right track by trying to emulate someones business like for like, well... yeah you got a long way to go.
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