{"id":3027,"date":"2015-01-06T10:55:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2015-01-06T10:55:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T15:55:12","slug":"acting-on-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2015\/01\/06\/acting-on-ideas","title":{"rendered":"Acting on ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think it&#8217;s really important to write ideas everyday. In fact, it\u2019s a new year \u2013 if you don\u2019t already have a notebook and pen, get one. I personally rely on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/referral\/Registration.action?uid=770031&amp;sig=e095987b6859f4bddb6a1bc92d2a4ace\">Evernote<\/a>, a notebook (lately, I\u2019m starting to think I might like the Evernote Moleskine notebooks &#8211; I\u2019ve started with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/8867323865\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=8867323865&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkId=AECRLX7SRFLXRBKS\">Moleskine Evernote Business Notebook<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=8867323865\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0for meetings) and a pen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When you are set, don\u2019t forget to read James Altucher: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesaltucher.com\/2015\/01\/faq-on-how-to-become-an-idea-machine\/\">FAQ on how to become an Idea Machine<\/a>. I particularly like the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>I have an Idea. How do I get money for it?<br \/><\/strong><em>You don\u2019t. You have to implement it. You have to have other people who like it. You have to get money from customers who like it. You have to build up so that it can support yourself.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For my first business, I started it, got customers, got employees, had an office, and then, 18 months into it, I quit my fulltime job, and went to my startup fulltime.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That\u2019s how business works in the real world.<br \/>We live in an entitled world now where people think ideas are enough now to get funding and make billions.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Go old school. Deliver proven value to others, charge money for it, get testimonials about how good your product is, and then you\u2019ve widened the horizon of your decisions. That\u2019s the path to success.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think it&#8217;s really important to write ideas everyday. In fact, it\u2019s a new year \u2013 if you don\u2019t already have a notebook and pen, get one. 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