# Idea.pursued

URL: /business/events/Idea.pursued · Id: `event:Idea.pursued`

> Emitted each time an Idea is pursued.

[Idea.pursue](/business/nouns/idea/pursue) emits `Idea.pursued` when it completes on an [Idea](/business/nouns/idea).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Idea.pursue](/business/nouns/idea/pursue) |
| Noun | [Idea](/business/nouns/idea) |
| Moves | [Idea](/business/nouns/idea) `open` to `pursued` |
| Wakes | None. |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Idea.pursue](/business/nouns/idea/pursue) returns, and `previous` holds the state it left.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Idea.pursued`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.startup` | [Startup](/business/nouns/startup) | Yes | The new variant Startup. |
| `data.idea` | [Idea](/business/nouns/idea) | Yes | The Idea now pursued. |
| `data.idea.statement` | `text` | Yes | The concept in one line. |
| `data.idea.status` | `string` | Yes | One of `open` or `pursued`. |
| `data.previous.status` | `string` | Yes | The `status` before this Event: `open`. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Idea.pursued",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "startup": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/startups/startup_1",
      "$type": "Startup",
      "name": "LedgerLark"
    },
    "idea": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/ledgerlark.com/ideas/idea_1",
      "$type": "Idea",
      "statement": "Keeps the books for independent contractors.",
      "status": "pursued"
    },
    "previous": {
      "status": "open"
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```