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bobakanoosh | 6 years ago

Whats to stop them from just stealing the idea?

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outworlder|6 years ago

Nothing, but ideas are worthless on their own.

They can be at most a multiplier. But what really matters is the execution.

For instance, "Rockets should be reusable" is an "idea" that even kids can have. Achieving that is the interesting part. Many tried.

petra|6 years ago

"rockets should be reusable" is a trivial idea.

Most ideas are trivial, or very hard to protect, even while building a business.

But what about patentable ideas ?

What about fully formed ideas coming from professors, backed by deep research ?

What about an idea(deeply researched) that with relatively easy implementation could get a lot of press, high SEO and some defensibility ?

swagasaurus-rex|6 years ago

They are advantageously positioned to be able to fund a team to execute an idea, theirs or otherwise.