Marc Randolph Quotes

I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.

Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea.

An idea on paper to a reality in large part.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

A lot of the ideas for solving many of our problems are already in place, but ideas don’t travel.

It's important to have a sound idea, but the really important thing is the implementation.

Having an idea is easy, courting one can be difficult.

Coming up with ideas isn't hard. The real challenge is finding the time to actually build something and then finding a home for it.

People don't understand this: Ideas are important, but they're not essential. What's essential and important is the execution of the idea. Everyone has had the experience of seeing a movie and saying, "Hey! That was my idea!" Well, it doesn't mean anything that you had that idea. There's no such thing as an original concept. What's original is the way you re-use ancient concepts.

The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20. The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $20,000,000.

Good ideas have no value because the world already has too many of them. The market rewards execution, not ideas.

Sometimes it's easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don't have the idea.

Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.

Execution really shapes whether your company takes off or not.

I like big thinkers who, no matter how big their vision, can sit down and talk to me about hour-to-hour, day-to-day type stuff they do to move the ball forward.

I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through.

When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you.

Do you know the phrase, 'The word 'water' will not wet you?' It's one thing to write down an idea and another thing entirely to execute it.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

I had ideas. A lot were good, but in many ways, I had no idea or experience about how to carry them out.

I've seen every idea. Ideas are irrelevant. You are judged on execution, and the number 1 way to prove that you can execute is by executing.

I don't consider ideas for apps all that valuable. It's the implementation of an idea that matters.

Good ideas are a dime a dozen. It's what you do with them that counts.

I've always been an idea person, so I've always been great at having ideas, just not having the resources to make them happen.

It's important not to overstate the benefits of ideas. Quite frankly, I know it's kind of a romantic notion that you're just going to have this one brilliant idea and then everything is going to be great. But the fact is that coming up with an idea is the least important part of creating something great. It has to be the right idea and have good taste, but the execution and delivery are what's key.