1-click installation on any web site, you might very well consider my invention to be worth purchasing. And therein lies the difference between an idea and an invention. One is only a concept, interesting perhaps, but hardly saleable. This transition is referred to in the invention world as a reduction to practice . Just as reducing an idea to practice is required before applying for a patent, it is likewise necessary before trying to sell or license your new concept.
Ideas are just a starting point, far too ephemeral to package and sell.
They also happen to be a dime a dozen. A single idea can become any number of actual products, some of them good, some not worth the time of day. So if you do have a great idea, consider that to be step one. Now reduce it to practice, take it to the next step. When you have successfully taken this next step, when you ve come to realize what real value is all about, you ve begun the process of converting yourself into an achiever.