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Notsure what a VA is but make your debate please but i think that statement is pure ignorance and is laughable.
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Ignorance and laughable?<br />
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You're on an entrepreneurial forum where business and outsourced help ( as mentioned in my reply ) are commonly brought up. VA's are a related term for both outsourced topics and, in general, entrepreneurial topics.<br />
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I'll give you the benefit of the doubt though you have never heard it called a VA, but maybe heard its long form def. of Virtual Assistant. Not to be condescending, but you should know these terms. That could be labeled as ignorance and laughable, so watch what you type to people. People in glass houses shouldn't lob stones...<br />
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Maybe your slow lane thinking that lead you to a 40 hour a week job has cattled you into thinking that executing 300% on a tired and worn out idea will get you somewhere. That's basically what employers want you to do, execute and execute more so they can keep you busy and making them money.<br />
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I should know, I've been there before in my past with some of the best in upper management.<br />
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A good product ( "idea" ) is worth much more and can many times sell itself. Look at patents and selling licensing. Many of those are just "ideas".<br />
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Can you show me an example of just selling off pure "executing" though that really blows the lids off anything? I mean really grinding on just 1 thing over and over and that lead to their success? If you can, I can prob show you what really made their success instead.<br />
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Can you create a "Blue Ocean Strategy" with a good idea/angle, YES. Can you do the same with executing, NO.<br />
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You're the one that mentioned you have this idea you're working on for so long. Have you ever thought maybe your idea is bad? Did that ever cross your mind? How will executing on that bad idea at 110% for years get you anywhere when no one wants it or doesnt find it better than your competitor?<br />
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Having a UVP will though when you execute on that. The UVP is the "good idea" part. Creating value is the "good idea" part. See Tim Ferris here with Stephen Key -> <a href="http://fourhourworkweek.com/2007/11/27/how-to-rent-your-ideas-to-fortune-500-companies-part-ii-plus-hacking-japan-tips/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">http://fourhourworkweek.com/2007/11...00-companies-part-ii-plus-hacking-japan-tips/</a> for selling ideas and what you can do with ideas.<br />
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Simply executing on a bad idea will get you nowhere. It might get you mediocre if you find a sucker though.<br />
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I can come up with a great idea that has a UVP and gives value, and then hire VA's and outsourced workers to create my site and ads, get a manufacturer in China with the help of agents in China to develop the product, and then sell it off still in the idea stage to a larger company.<br />
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Sometimes drinking the kool-aid that mainstream media feeds you isn't good. Your own experience can be flawed too.<br />
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I can make $1MM Net Profit in six months with just ads and another person's products based on "great ideas" I use for angles in my ads and then have a VA make those ads and post them. If I didn't have a good idea/angle and tried to buy ads on FB, I'd get slaughtered even though I'm "executing" away and grinding it.<br />
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I can create a SaaS that disrupts a very crowded vertical so bad my competitors are running to copy its features and bid against my brand name and its all based on a couple of really great ideas with execution happening in the background with a partner and myself afterward. I have people offering me lots of money to just buy me out in this "great idea" I came up with. I could have easily just executed the coding on this with some hired help.<br />
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Executing didn't do much for me, but great ideas did. I can always outsource the execution, you cant outsource great ideas.<br />
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