Ideas are Worthless

A presentation I gave at Ideas Boston 2012 at UMass Boston on October 24th, 2012.

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