Last weekend I was at a friends place, and there were a few people there. One of them asked me what I did, and I told him about an idea I had for a new way of doing business online. It's pretty revolutionary, I've thought long and hard about it for a long time, and it can probably be easily copied by someone else. I told him about it anyway. Pretty detailed too.
It just happened that he was finishing up a PHD thesis on a subject very close to what I was thinking about, and we started talking. This conversation gave me some great insights I didn't have before, access to his large network, a serious ambassador and maybe a friend.
Will he steal the idea? I don't think so. Empirically it is very very rare. Did I gain something from it? Absolutely.
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Let me tell you an interesting true story.
Last weekend I was at a friends place, and there were a few people there. One of them asked me what I did, and I told him about an idea I had for a new way of doing business online. It's pretty revolutionary, I've thought long and hard about it for a long time, and it can probably be easily copied by someone else. I told him about it anyway. Pretty detailed too.
It just happened that he was finishing up a PHD thesis on a subject very close to what I was thinking about, and we started talking. This conversation gave me some great insights I didn't have before, access to his large network, a serious ambassador and maybe a friend.
Will he steal the idea? I don't think so. Empirically it is very very rare. Did I gain something from it? Absolutely.
Answer enough?
Definitely. That's pretty reassuring story. Encouraging me even more to act differently from now on. Thanks.
And good luck with the realization of your idea!
Thanks :-)