I went to a meeting with CarrieHammer.com recently, and what I heard from them was not unlike what I have heard before - you are an idea guy. Never is a compliment been such a curse, because having now built a business, I can more properly value ideas versus the execution of the ideas.
Maximizing value for me means growing the business I have, but as an "idea guy," I still have projects that I'd love to see exeucted. Join the club I know. I was thinking though of something like a Prosper for people like me who have an idea, would fund the idea, but want to find the proverbial jokey. Unlike the the tech world, people like me seem to focus on less product / tech, i.e., we don't need a partner. We need the doer. Similarly, there are people with domain expertise who need some direction and financial de-risk in order to try something new.
There are so many marketplaces, even ones for small tasks like Taskrabbit, but is there something that would be Biz Buy Fund as opposed to Biz Buy Sell?
Mail me your best idea so I can start that company!
Posted by: Brent | December 21, 2011 at 11:52 PM
ideas make the business!! Thanks
Posted by: Ryan Eagle | December 23, 2011 at 04:24 PM
Would love to hear any responses you get to this, Jay. Best I've seen are matchmaking sites for founders.
Posted by: Gab | December 26, 2011 at 06:44 AM
As a fellow "Idea Guy" I feel your pain. My dream when I am really rich is to hire a few MBA's right out of school, spit out ideas to them, and have them launch them for me.
Is the goal here to get the idea executed (i.e. you want the product to exist) or is it to start another business on the idea, but need a project manager/ business leader to get the idea executed for you.
Are you familiar with Quirky.com ? A possible solution would be a "launch team" with a community built around it that can get it done.
Alternatively, it could be like kickstarter but looking for contributions instead of money.
Posted by: David Melamed | December 30, 2011 at 11:44 AM