Good Ideas that get tested will make money and mature with feedback.<p>Truly Great Ideas hidden away rely on you (and your confidants) alone to mature, grow, and test.<p>Perhaps part of that intrinsic value in a Truly Great Idea is the debt you start to incur working the Great Idea before it&#x27;s ever given a chance to prove itself.<p>There&#x27;s a bunch of discussion about this [0][1][2][3], but it comes down to the cost of opportunity and the drive to spend that effort and resources. You&#x27;ve had your idea, already bought into it, and have the history around the idea that will drive implementation and innovation.<p>Probably no one else you tell it to has that. And anyone else that wants to work on some awesome new startup is already circling their own fantastic(TM) idea.<p>So share! Get feedback from smart people who will help shortcut the path to takeoff for your idea. Because if someone has a good idea in the same vein as your great idea and executes, how long until your great idea is yet another &quot;that could have been me&quot;?<p>0: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=4732684" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=4732684</a><p>1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;beacon.wharton.upenn.edu&#x2F;entrepreneurship&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;no-ones-going-to-steal-your-idea&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;beacon.wharton.upenn.edu&#x2F;entrepreneurship&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;no...</a><p>2: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;open.buffer.com&#x2F;one-will-steal-startup-idea&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;open.buffer.com&#x2F;one-will-steal-startup-idea&#x2F;</a><p>3: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=no+one+is+going+to+steal+your+great+idea" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?q=no+one+is+going+to+steal+you...</a>