Criteria for your idea

This is a great post on finding out if your idea will make it to the league of FB, Twitter etc.

Quotes:

Innovate on Purpose: Criteria for your idea

• Does it solve a problem that is relevant and important to a customer? 
• Does it cut costs, remove a significant barrier or create a significantly different capability? 
• Will the idea be easy to adopt for the target customer, with low switching costs? 
• Is the offer and benefit easy to understand, and easy to communicate? 
• Is your idea protectable or defensible?  Is there any intellectual property? 
• Do you have concepts beyond product innovation?  Can you extend your idea to service innovation, business model innovation or customer experience? 
• Can you offer your idea at a price point where you make money? 
• Can you scale your concept quickly? (Comment from me: Imagine the ecosystems that FB, Twitter and iPhone have created!)