[bmr]

Three months into my own (exhilarating) journey, I think the best answer may be to become one yourself.

[aaronblohowiak]

You earn a lot more cred with developers if you've started hacking to make your idea come to life.

[rickmb]

More than just cred. I've learned to simply not trust founders who weren't motivated enough by their own vision to not at least take a shot at it, if only to get some understanding of what building it actually entails.

[stc]

I have been taking this approach as well and at the very least have been able to focus and sharpen my ideas.