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161 sats \ 4 replies \ @Fabs 13 Jan \ on: why build in public? builders

If you're starting out in an industry that already knows established players, then it's better to keep that bomb idea you have to yourself - at least, until you're fully set-up and have "first-mover" advantage.

Otherwise, said players could snatch one's idea / take, and simply implement it themselves WAY faster and efficient than you, as they are already well-connected and up-and-running, thus ruining your start.

I wouldn't call that "entertaining fantasies", but "self-preservation".

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b OP 13 Jan

I would call believing you have a bomb idea that's so bomb other people will "snatch" it, a fantasy. There are cases where ideas are bomb and execution is relatively easy, but they are the exception and believing your idea is the exception is usually a fantasy.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Fabs 13 Jan

In essence what I'm saying is that people might try to front-run you, putting you at a disadvantage.

There's people who simply like letting other people figure things out, and then copy it (China).

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 13 Jan

In essence what I'm saying is that people might try to front-run you, putting you at a disadvantage.

I'm speaking in generalities, not exceptions. Everyone thinks they're the exception. By definition, odds are they aren't the exception. But yeah, exceptions exist. And exceptions in the case are likely when execution is extremely easy relative to having/finding the idea.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 13 Jan

Exactly. If you have the sketch for a better part, but don't have a line of production set up already, someone else can take said sketch and start producing.