So if I can't find the right idea in a month I should give up and become 'a lifer'?
I don't buy it.
The corollary of this is that every entrepreneur should be able to come up with an idea that will be a rock solid success every month.
It is easy to come up with ideas, but successful ideas (whether the reason for the success is being first to a new market, a better implementation of an existing idea, or whatever reason turns a good idea into a successful idea) are hard to come by.
Superstar entrepreneurs may be able to come up with such ideas with such frequency.
But if you can't, you should give up? I don't think so.
I kinda think back to how PG says that the founders are more important than the idea -- That if the idea was worth starting at all, then it could always be pivoted as long as the founders are fearless and excited enough to keep working and applying changes to their idea.
I can't imagine someone not being able to think of an idea within a month -- but I can imagine someone who shuts down all of his own ideas because he's afraid of failure. Following the blog post, someone like this really probably isn't suited for startup life at all. He'd probably find himself in some of the other of the Five Reasons if he gets that far.
It's hyperbole, dude. Sarcasm to make a point. This is certainly not something to be taken literally. The idea is to not sit around and analyze ideas for 12 months.
The idea seems to be that it doesn't have to be the right idea, or a successful idea, but it does have to be an idea worth pursuing. If you don't have that, you'll just be spinning.
I guess an 'idea worth pursuing' needs to be good enough to overcome the fear associated with starting a startup. You need a strong belief in the idea if you have a lot of fear to overcome.
Maybe his point(1) is indirectly really about point(5) (for many of us)
I don't buy it.
The corollary of this is that every entrepreneur should be able to come up with an idea that will be a rock solid success every month.
It is easy to come up with ideas, but successful ideas (whether the reason for the success is being first to a new market, a better implementation of an existing idea, or whatever reason turns a good idea into a successful idea) are hard to come by.
Superstar entrepreneurs may be able to come up with such ideas with such frequency.
But if you can't, you should give up? I don't think so.