RISK - a four letter word?

If you're waiting for an industry or market to validate your ideas, you will be moving too slow to make a difference.  Too many times developers wait to have their ideas or inventions chosen or proven by another before they take the risk of building it to its full potential.

Don't misinterpret what I am saying.  Many of the best ideas need to be reworked, built upon and enhanced through constructive criticism and a different point-of-view.  But there's a huge difference between good feedback and corporate oppression.

If you have a vision for building a company or product, do it. If you want to build a new software application, build it. No need to wait for someone with a big title to validate your idea.