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There are numerous examples of ideas/business that were based on that ideas that came ahead of their time and lost big.

Only a few people, for example Musk, might be able to bet on some idea and (maybe) win. He might want to fly now to Mars, but this way ahead, we are nowhere of this capability.

Ahead of your time isn't just a problem of tech. Consumers won't buy into a product that they are "not ready for yet". A good example of this is CAS file systems al-la IPFS. The tech has been around for at least 35 years. plan9 had a fully functional CAS file system. But now, IPFS is finally getting traction, mostly because users are comfortable enough now with cloud-like services that they are capable of mentaly dealing with the abstraction.

So focus on something fundamental, that everyone needs, using an approach that's far ahead.

Because you might be able to do a better job (think Google vs Hotbot, Facebook vs MySpace)