Short Article: When To Dump That Great Idea

[mouser]

Short but useful to be reminded of this sutff occasionally.

A while ago, you had an idea for a new company that would change the world. You stayed up all night feverishly sketching your plans for global domination.

Yet there you are, months later, still sitting in your cubicle, that brilliant flash a distant memory.

Wake up: Not every idea--even a great one--turns into a money machine. In fact, it's often just as useful to know when to dump a good idea as it is to pursue one--if only so you can get to work on that next "great" idea.

Here are three ways to know when enough is enough.

http://www.forbes.com/2007/07/06/apple-amazon-myspace-ent-manage-cx_ws_0709dump.html?partner=yahootix

from http://www.workhappy.net/

[Armando]

Reading that makes me wonder if I should just leave the PhD where it is and move on...

The uncommitted take the "Mr. Rogers" approach: They sit down, take a shoe off, talk a while, slide a sock off, and maybe, someday, they might be ready for action.
If you're not moving fast, it's probably time to move on.

Ahem...