Don't Keep Your Startup Idea a Secret

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by mikesabat • 19 years ago

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dyu• 19 years ago

What if the idea is still just an idea, and you plan to implement it but haven't started? There is no headstart in this case.

mikesabat6• 19 years ago

Talking to people will help you evaluate and refine the idea. Making changes and finding a market is really the beginning of "working" on an idea.

cellis• 19 years ago

This is completely unfounded advice, and in my opinion, stupid advice. Ideas do get stolen, regardless of what you've read.

mikesabat6• 19 years ago

Do you know someone? Can you give an example of someone that was starting a business told someone the idea and that person went and ran with the business?

I believe that it may happen, but it feels like an urban legend - I've never actually seen it or heard it.

pg3• 19 years ago

It does happen. Not as often as founders fear, but it does happen.

The writer would have been closer to the truth if he said that founders generally err on the side of secrecy.

garbowza• 19 years ago

Facebook - http://www.aarongreenspan.com/letter/

corentin• 19 years ago

As he said, he's talking about business ideas, not trade secrets. If your idea is not obvious, most people will think it's stupid anyway.

gabrielleydon2• 19 years ago

"Of course we aren't talking trade secrets we're talking business ideas, and ones that aren't glaringly obvious."

Glaringly obvious to who? Your start up idea might not seem glaringly obvious to you but don't assume it isn't to your competition!

mikesabat6• 19 years ago

Flying Cars.

gabrielleydon2• 19 years ago

Flying Cars? whats your point?

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