[VoodooJuJu]

>Ideas are easy

Good ideas are extremely valuable and once they're found, they are (and should be) guarded. Oftentimes, the only reason a business is able to take off is because they've discovered a blue ocean (a novel idea) that no other fishermen know about. But once the word is out, party's over.

You can observe this implicit understanding by founders whose lips stay sealed when asked about the details of what they do [1].

It's harmful to the success of an entrepreneur to treat ideas cheaply. For many businesses, the idea is their sole competitive edge.

I like to joke that the reason most people here treat ideas so cheaply is because they're conspiring to get others to spill the sauce - so they can lap it up for themselves!

[1] "That project has now turned into ~$30k/mo profit..." - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29668604