It must be nice to be rich, or CEO or politician and have a team of knowledgeable advisors to give you advice. When you have an idea, you can run it by a few people and get informed opinions at each step of your decision making process.
I, on the other hand, don't fit into the CEO, politician or rich category. Most of the time, I just run decisions by the dog and if he doesn't argue against me, I proceed. It's no brain trust, but it'll do in a pinch.
This past weekend, I came up with another business idea (not new, just new to my city). I ran it by the first line of defense against fruitless labor and thoughts, the family and a friend or two. After receiving a decent response from most, I realized that I still needed some insight that I probably couldn't find without finding someone who's tried something similar, or just trying it for myself.
Normally, I'd turn to the internet in situations like these (finding products,travel destinations, factual information,etc.) , but the internet doesn't offer what I'm after here. I need a decision engine, and I don't mean Bing (sorry Microsoft, but the phrase doesn't fit the functionality). It really would come in handy for all the ideas that pass through my mind.
Oh well, my ADHD will probably take over in the next few days and I'll be on to a new idea. I should probably just focus energy back on my existing side projects, and getting them up to 100% before moving on... but a brain trust would still be cool to shoot ideas past every once in a while...
Posted by Jordan at July 5, 2009 10:27 PM | TrackBack