<story><title>They Will Steal Your Idea. They Cannot Steal What Really Matters.</title><url>http://jasonlbaptiste.com/startups/they-will-steal-your-idea-they-cannot-steal-what-really-matters/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>michael_nielsen</author><text>Here&apos;s an idea: try creating the compound Ba-La-Cu-O.  It&apos;s a pretty simple idea.  It can be explained in seconds.  Any competent chemist can do it, and probably a lot of incompetent ones as well.  But in 1986 that idea was the key step in a Nobel Prize.  And it may yet turn out to be the foundation for a massive industry.  Sometimes, the idea is nearly all that matters.</text></comment>
<story><title>They Will Steal Your Idea. They Cannot Steal What Really Matters.</title><url>http://jasonlbaptiste.com/startups/they-will-steal-your-idea-they-cannot-steal-what-really-matters/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gacba</author><text>I hear lots of people talk about how their idea is some competitive advantage.  Ideas are cheap.  Ideas can be stolen.  It&apos;s how you &lt;i&gt;execute&lt;/i&gt; that counts, and that&apos;s what Jason&apos;s post drives home.  Nicely done.</text></comment>