Idea Theft Fears
Discussions revolve around worries about sharing startup or business ideas publicly due to theft risks, with counterarguments emphasizing that ideas are commonplace, multiple people conceive them independently, and execution matters more than the idea itself.
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Someone is eventually gonna steal your idea anyways.
Whats stopping these ideas from being stolen?
What if my idea is big? Should I just hope they won't take it from me?
It depends who you're sharing the idea with and how complex it is.Certainly the vast majority of ideas require some real specialization and can't be emulated by anybody.Also, an unproven idea which only "sounds like it could be great" really is a dime a dozen.You should be more worried about HOW you accomplish your great idea. Maybe you've found a way to pull off some PROVEN product, but using 1/10 the labor, parts, etc. This is a competitive advantage that can pull you from zero to a m
People gonna copy idea, its that easy i think.
I don't think you should worry about your idea being copied. First, there may be other people who have had the same idea independently.Second, the reason people say things like "ideas don't matter, execution is everything" is because any idea you think you have will have myriad assumptions baked in that will be unique to how your mind works. Other people who nominally have "the same idea" won't really have the exact same idea. (This is why there are, for exa
You didn't develop anything and you are sharing your idea, right ? Aren't you afraid that someone will steal it ? How do you feel about it ?
Are you trying to steal people's ideas?
"Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats."
what if you don't know someone else is building it? Does it matter if its already out there? And if so aren't there intellectual property laws out there so people can't steal or use some one else's idea?