Have you ever had what you thought might be a good or even great idea and then decided not to work on it, only to find out sometime later someone else released a similar product or service and had huge success? Feeling like you missed out because you didn't try isn't a fun.

And it's more common than you might think. If you look online you will find evidence of people suing film companies because the film company released a movie so similar to a story, or film, of their own that they felt it was stolen.

The point is that your idea may be amazing, but you will never know unless you try. Get your idea out to the rest of the world. It will take time and others might present a similar idea (which means you will have to do what you do even better) but if there's a market and you roll your product out on the market with a solid game plan, you can succeed.

Use these steps to start the process of turning your idea into a business.

As an advertising creative, how do you feel when your client axes all your ideas, sad... right? But what do you do with those ideas, scratch them off your mind or quote them to another client? Mostly and sadly, scratch them off, right?

Here's a good news for all those creative directors who hate scratching off their creative ideas, check out Ideas To Steal where your unwanted ideas get a second chance.

Ideas To Steal is the brainchild of Timo Klaarenbeek who is a London-based freelance creative director and Kalle Everland. The website encourages advertising creatives to upload their rejected ideas and other creatives to 'steal' them so that they can use it for themselves.

According to the website, "A lot of ideas don'’t make it past reviews, and if they do there's a fair chance that they'll get shot down by the client. We all know that for some ideas you'd give your right arm just to see them get made. But unfortunately we also know that you can't come up with these gems all of the time. We’re only human."