Re: [Rails] Fear of sharing

Hi Samuel,

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Samuel Mensah <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi guys, I have an idea for a cool web application...
<snip>
> I'm kinda confused.

Agreed. First evidence is that you've asked a fundamental business
question on a technical forum ;-)

> I'm not sure if I should share it or wait till I'm
> set to do this then maybe tell people about it when I'm done with a
> prototype... what do you guys think? any advice?

1) A product (or service) is not a business. They're separate
things. The product is typically much easier to build than the
business.
2) Team is much, much more important to success than Product. Build
your team. Then build your product. If you can't 'sell' your product
to potential team members (i.e., get anyone else as excited by the
idea as you are) then your chances of selling it to paying customers
are pretty much nil. Be ready and open to redefining your product as
a function of building your team. The fundamental definition of a
"Better" product is that more people want to be involved in helping
you build it.

HTH,
Bill

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