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October 24, 2012
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Ideas are Worthless
A presentation I gave at Ideas Boston 2012 at UMass Boston on October 24th, 2012.
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October 24, 2012
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Transcript
@dcancel Ideas are worthless
@dcancel I’m David Cancel
@dcancel On the internets @dcancel
@dcancel I love building things
@dcancel But building these is way cooler
@dcancel I work at HubSpot
@dcancel This is my Ameline
@dcancel Really excited to be here
@dcancel
Ideas are worthless. @dcancel
"Vision without execu5on is hallucina5on" @dcancel
I am your wakeup call @dcancel
“Less thinking, more doing.” @dcancel
Your biggest problem is overthinking @dcancel
over analyzing @dcancel
Not underthinking @dcancel
Get out of your head @dcancel
You don’t have an idea problem @dcancel
You have a doing problem @dcancel
You need to try more @dcancel
And fail more. @dcancel
"…I’m not afraid of dying. I’m afraid of not
trying…" @dcancel
Get up and get out @dcancel
Go solve customer problems @dcancel
The best way to solve customer problems @dcancel
...is with customers! @dcancel
There is no Ideas for Dummies... @dcancel
No Cliffnotes for Ideas... @dcancel
No textbook... @dcancel
No mul5ple choice answers... @dcancel
There are no right answers @dcancel
No right answers. @dcancel
There are no 5ps... @dcancel
...no hacks... @dcancel
...no secrets... @dcancel
...no shortcuts. @dcancel
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is
dressed in overalls and looks like work." @dcancel
I’m sorry. @dcancel
Just hard work. @dcancel
But you are scared of trying... @dcancel
...because there are no right answers... @dcancel
...just lots of wrong answers. @dcancel
You should be scared. @dcancel
You’ve been taught to be scared @dcancel
...since first grade. @dcancel
To always look for the right answer. @dcancel
Please stop thinking @dcancel
Please start doing @dcancel
Do it now. @dcancel
Thank You David Cancel
Thank You David Cancel
Thank You David Cancel