I agree, these are great points.
I'm not asking for an award for "the idea" I'm saying it's frustrating that despite my best efforts I couldn't get the capital to execute it.
I'm not asking for an award for "the idea" I'm saying it's frustrating that despite my best efforts I couldn't get the capital to execute it.
As the parent says, ideas are easy. Executing them is difficult, and figuring out early that an idea is "out of reach" is part of the process to moving on to another idea.
Two annecdotes; A customer came to us with an idea, but no funding. We didn't gave the ability to simply do the work for free. So we went looking for funding, and also invested some time in the domain space. Short answer, _someone_ will make a mountain of cash from the concept on day. But who that is will be done what arbitrary, and will rely on a lot of luck. We gracefully left the project (and as far as I know so did the customer.)
Bear in mind that ideas are not special. I can have 10 ideas a day. Figuring out which to do, and which to let go is important.
After school it was "clear to me" that Energy would be a good sector. Alternatives to gasoline were the future. Solar technology, converting ICE engines to run on hydrogen etc.
I had no clear path into that area, and no real skills beyond "ideas" so I went into programming instead. Turns out I was 30 years too early. Now solar is huge, and electric cars are a thing. (ocean wave energy is still waiting for its day in the sun.)
But I don't regret passing on that career. I've had other ideas and done other things.
My point is - don't obsess over "one great idea". You had one, cool. Let it go, have another. Get a real job. Save some cash. Keep thinking. Practice the art of taking (small) ideas to market.
If you hold onto ideas loosely, another will be along soon.