Gene Simmons on Ideas
Love him or hate him, Gene Simmons, the KISS front man, has had more success then the average band leader all while keeping his composure, staying away from drugs and successfully creating arguably the biggest merchandising machine of any band.
Who is Gene Simmons?
Gene Simmons is easily the Sir Richard Branson of the merchandising world with thousands of KISS related products from coffins to kids toys and everything in between. He was born in 1949 and raised as an Israeli-American and released his first album with KISS in 1974. He has appeared on a number of films, television shows, published author of three books and even released solo artist albums since his initial success. He doesn’t drink, smoke nor do drugs and that makes him that much more of a role model. By far, his greatest success has been in the field of marketing, first his band, KISS, and now himself. He’s an idea man with the ability of implementation.
Correspondence between a fan and Gene
Erik (Fan)
Dear Gene, I was wondering you policies on pitching a product to you in an untapped market. I have several ideas and would like to collaborate on them with someone . If you would like, I can have a non-disclosure agreement drawn up and we can possibly get started on this. Thank you for your time. Sincerly Erik
Response from Gene Simmons:
Ideas mean less than nothing. Sorry. “Ideas are a dime a dozen.” The only thing that counts is THE ABILITY to make things real. Just thinking about something doesn’t lead very far.
What are ideas?
Ideas are the first step along what can become a very long path towards turning something into reality. Even after an idea is fully implemented and working, that is still no guarantee of any type of success. As Gene Simmons said, ideas are a dime dozen and are the equivalent of nothing unless it follows a plan of implementation.
How to turn an idea into success?
Ask any top entrepreneur, from Sir Richard Branson to Bill Gates and what you will hear time and again is that they fail far more then they succeed. It can be said that the road of entrepreneurship is actually built on the bricks of failure more then success. Even Thomas Edison, Walt Disney and Henry Ford had incredible, mind blowing failures that ruined them many time but they eventually succeeded by shear will towards achievement. Are you willing to spend a decade or more in poverty to implement an idea? If you aren’t, find a 9-5 job and enjoy your life. Success is an incredibly difficult thing to achieve as it requires a mixture of opportunities and luck happening at just the right time.
The Bottom Line
Success is built on a road of failures.
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