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Folks who see ideas everywhere are overflowing with them and often paralyzed by them.

That's one way ideas are generally worthless. Execution is far more important.

To execute, smart nerds alone might not do it. You need smart people who get it, in all positions.

Who will help get it and get it done? Maybe people who over-value ideas but have lots of energy to put into an idea they get?

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Exactly.

I am a developer and I have lots of friends that are also developers that have trouble executing ideas.

I think many developers focus too much on the beauty of the code (and perfection) rather than the functionality of the app.

Can a code base be beautiful if it doesn't solve the actual business problem?

I'd argue that it cannot and that you will not be able to write beautiful code until you understand the business and what needs it has. Developers that understand the business will focus on what is important.

For example the Idea of Social Networking goes wayyy back, friendster then came orkut and then Facebook. Right?

Friendster wasn't first.

You could even count AOL Aim away messages as an early (but not not the first) way of setting your "status".

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