“OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he used to make fun of "idea guys" who claimed to have the best startup idea and just needed a coder to do it. Not anymore.” Well, well. Looks like the “idea guy” may have been early after all. 😉 For 20+ years, I’ve believed that ideas, vision, and strategy are not worthless. They are not “just ideas.” They are the seed layer of every major company, every movement, every platform, every category shift. Execution matters. Of course it does. But execution without vision is just labour. Back then, I even had a website called IdeaTradr because I saw the value in trading, developing, and protecting ideas before the market understood how powerful they could be. The problem has always been this: Ideas are difficult to copyright. They are often not patentable. And corporate culture, investors, and operators have historically treated them as cheap unless they came from someone already famous, already funded, or already inside the system. But ideas are still intellectual property in the broader sense. • They come from pattern recognition. • From lived experience. • From seeing the future before others see the opportunity. • From connecting markets, technology, timing, people, and strategy before there is a product to point at. Now AI is changing the balance. The technical barrier is dropping. Generative AI coding tools are making it possible for visionary founders, strategists, and builders to move from concept to prototype faster than ever before. That does not mean execution is easy. It means the person with the right idea, the right vision, and the right judgment now has far more leverage. So yes, it is finally becoming a great time to be the “idea guy.” Unfortunately, #SamAltman may not know this particular idea guy yet. Also known as #VEOJoby. 😉 Thank you @sama and @BusinessInsider for saying out loud what some of us have known for a long time. —- • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said thanks to AI, it's finally a great time to be that guy. • More specifically, "the idea guy" who was once laughed out of Silicon Valley. • Thanks to generative AI coding tools, technical expertise isn't the barrier it once was, making it easier to bring ideas to life.” Thank you @sama and @BusinessInsider. businessinsider.com/sam-altman-ide… @OpenAI @_cweedbrook #cnbc @cnbc @sequoia #VC #VentureCapital
