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Ideas are Worthless

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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

  1. @dcancel Ideas  are   worthless

  2. @dcancel I’m  David  Cancel

  3. @dcancel On  the  internets  @dcancel

  4. @dcancel I  love  building  things

  5. @dcancel But  building  these  is  way  cooler

  6. @dcancel I  work  at  HubSpot

  7. @dcancel This  is  my  Ameline

  8. @dcancel Really  excited  to  be  here

  9. @dcancel

  10. Ideas  are   worthless. @dcancel

  11. "Vision  without  execu5on   is  hallucina5on" @dcancel

  12. I  am  your  wakeup  call @dcancel

  13. “Less  thinking,   more  doing.” @dcancel

  14. Your  biggest  problem   is  overthinking @dcancel

  15. over  analyzing @dcancel

  16. Not  underthinking @dcancel

  17. Get  out  of  your  head @dcancel

  18. You  don’t  have  an   idea  problem @dcancel

  19. You  have  a   doing  problem @dcancel

  20. You  need  to  try  more @dcancel

  21. And  fail  more. @dcancel

  22. "…I’m  not  afraid  of  dying.  I’m   afraid  of  not

     trying…" @dcancel

  23. Get  up  and  get  out @dcancel

  24. Go  solve  customer   problems @dcancel

  25. The  best  way  to  solve   customer  problems @dcancel

  26. ...is  with  customers! @dcancel

  27. There  is  no   Ideas  for  Dummies... @dcancel

  28. No  Cliffnotes  for   Ideas... @dcancel

  29. No  textbook... @dcancel

  30. No  mul5ple  choice   answers... @dcancel

  31. There  are  no   right  answers @dcancel

  32. No  right   answers. @dcancel

  33. There  are  no  5ps... @dcancel

  34. ...no  hacks... @dcancel

  35. ...no  secrets... @dcancel

  36. ...no  shortcuts. @dcancel

  37. "Opportunity  is  missed  by  most   people  because  it  is

     dressed  in   overalls  and  looks  like  work." @dcancel

  38. I’m  sorry. @dcancel

  39. Just  hard  work. @dcancel

  40. But  you  are  scared   of  trying... @dcancel

  41. ...because  there  are   no  right  answers... @dcancel

  42. ...just  lots  of   wrong  answers. @dcancel

  43. You  should   be  scared. @dcancel

  44. You’ve  been  taught   to  be  scared @dcancel

  45. ...since  first  grade. @dcancel

  46. To  always  look  for  the right  answer. @dcancel

  47. Please  stop  thinking @dcancel

  48. Please  start  doing @dcancel

  49. Do  it  now. @dcancel

  50. Thank You David Cancel

  51. Thank You David Cancel

  52. Thank You David Cancel