Just Do What's Right For The Customer,

You Say: "i'm A Blue Sky Thinker." Investor Thinks: "you Have No Business Model, And You Don't Know How To Ship."

If You Have To Put Someone On A Pedestal, Put Teachers. They Are Society's Heroes.

It's Hard To Build Community Around Mediocre And Mundane Writing.

"(big Name Research Firm) Says Our Market Will Be $50 Billion In 2010." Every Entrepreneur Has A Few Slides About How The Market Potential For His Segment Is Tens Of Billions. It Doesn't Matter If The Product Is Bar Mitzah Planning Software Or 802.11 Chip Sets. Venture Capitalists Don't Believe This Type Of Forecast Because It's The Fifth One Of This Magnitude That They've Heard That Day. Entrepreneurs Would Do Themselves A Favor By Simply Removing Any Reference To Market Size Estimates From Consulting Firms.

Crowdsourcing Is A Great Way To Approach Creation Because In Any Given Point There's Always Somebody On The Internet Who Knows Something Better Than You Do.