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24 alternatives to Ideas Are Worthless - #2 Bob Ross

A show about all the ideas we'll probably never build

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ideas Are Worthless - #2 Bob Ross launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Ideas Are Worthless – Post Doughnut▲110
Ideas we've had that we'll never actually build.
2016 · ideasareworthless.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
2
The Tim Ferriss Show - How to Optimize Creative Output — Jarvis versus Ferriss▲62
A conversation/debate/trading of ideas
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
3
Shop Talk Show — This idea must die▲63
Web industry ideas that need to die.
2015 · shoptalkshow.com · its alternatives →
4
MegaMaker - EP02 - "What's really driving me?"▲74
Can we express our creativity and make a living too?
2016 · megamaker-f57f087d.simplecast.com · its alternatives →
5
The Design Review Podcast - The Power of Saying NO!▲61
Defining priorities for good design and saying no!
2016 · designreviewpodcast.com · its alternatives →
6
MegaMaker EP24 - "Do things, tell people"▲66
You can't just make things; you have to show your work!
2016 · megamaker-f57f087d.simplecast.com · its alternatives →
7
Don't Make Me Code, Ep. #1▲54
A show about Developer Experience (DX) Design
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
8
Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65
Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
9
MegaMaker - EP03 - #justinsburrito▲80
Why not create something just because it's fun?
2016 · megamaker-f57f087d.simplecast.com · its alternatives →
10
a16z Podcast: Startups and Pendulum Swings Through Ideas, Time, Fame, and Money▲63
Everything old is new again when it comes to startup ideas
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
11
Nootrobox's THINKING Podcast - Ep. 8: Intelligence and Bacopa with Professor Con Stough▲55
THINK with us!
2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
12
We Don't Have Cookies: Something's Fishy▲52
BRAND NEW EPISODE w/Kenny Bolin!!
2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
13
The AppGuy Podcast - From Impossible to Inevitable▲54
Believe in your own product - Keep Hustling
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
MegaMaker - EP09 - Hard work; no guarantees▲66
Will everyone achieve their creative dreams, no matter what?
2016 · megamaker-f57f087d.simplecast.com · its alternatives →
15
Nerdist #334: Bo Burnham▲53
Pete Holmes' talks to Bo about making things! It gets weird!
2016 · nerdist.com · its alternatives →
16
Unthinkable - The Muse Is An Excuse (ft. Chase Jarvis)▲56
Creative inspiration debunked. Plus Chase's big announcement
2016 · unthinkable.fm · its alternatives →
17
MegaMaker - EP12 - "The guts to be original"▲74
Escape the monotony of serious work
2016 · megamaker-f57f087d.simplecast.com · its alternatives →
18
a16z Podcast: The Business of Creativity▲71
Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
19
Hatching – How do we come up with product ideas▲84
A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
20
Ideas Are Worthless▲147
Like Product Hunt. But for Ideas.
2018 · its alternatives →
21
The Tim Ferriss Show - with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg▲98
Deconstructing world-class comedians
2015 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
22
The Unmistakeable Creative - The inner-game of entrepreneurship w/ Dan Martell▲70
Dan Martell talks drugs, jail, entrepreneurs, investing
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
The Tim Ferriss Show - How to Cage the Monkey Mind▲66
Tim talks about his career, books, podcasts, and stoicism
2016 · hwcdn.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
24
Invisible Office Hours▲132
A podcast for unconventional thinkers
2015 · its alternatives →

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