Nicole Wong at VentureBeat recently took a look at some basic rules to live by if you want to get your ideas (business of otherwise) off the ground. And excellent rules they are. She collected the rules by listening to presenters at a two-day conference - the 99% Conference.

If you're interested enough in entrepreneurial issues to be reading this blog to start with, you probably already knew rule number one: Engage in personal projects and things that you love. While that's a foundation for small business success, the second rule is perhaps more important to getting started in business: Share your ideas and listen to other people's.

Often people don't share their ideas liberally because they're scared other people will either steal them or criticize them, Belsky said. But he and other speakers emphasized the importance of sharing ideas, and do so quickly - because debate helps you decide which are likely to gain traction. Talking about your ideas will also increase the chances you'll see them through, he said, since you'll feel accountable to the people you've shared them with.

"Belsky" is Scott Belsky, founder of Behance.

Wong goes on an talks about some other rules for getting your ideas off the ground in some detail. You can read the whole piece here.