By comparison with the "normal HN reader" I live in "the arse end of nowhere". Well, in a very rural part of Kerry, in a very modern Ireland. Coming in over the Atlantic is a lot of rain, and a goodly amount of Silicon Valley capital.

I'm on a couple of weeks holidays, and spent the first one hacking a garden from the abundant (practically cancerous!) greenery. I took the Bank Holiday to step back and admire the rainbows, and now have the second week to hack a better startup in the local Technology Park.

Bumped into an old mate on the weekend, with whom I helped build (one of) the world-leading companies in that Park. Being the serial entrepreneur that he is, he's out starting again and I'd be surprised if you don't hear the new company's name next year or so. And hear that I'd built yet another solid successful software team for it.

He has my number, but I have an idea.

I've been polishing that idea since graduation, and you will all repeat that it cannot be done, but I know that in a few decades it will have been done. From here and now Google are most likely to have done it, although it also depends on who takes it seriously enough first. So it is still up for grabs.

So, the question: should I spend a few months / years with my old mate learning how he listens to investors, or is there a better way to learn how to get enough capital behind a different team and try to take over the world?

Even if you are all right that my idea is impossible, there'll be more ideas along next month, and we'll still need more entrepreneurs in Kerry then.