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Ask HN: How to get funding for a stealth startup
How to get funding for a stealth startup if some of the investors youre going after have already funded your competitor, and your startup has valuable IP that if gets in the hands of the competitors is total failure for your startup? As far as I know investors dont sign NDAs, but even if they do it would be really hard to prove they leaked info right?
- coderintherye 7y ago>some of the investors youre going after have already funded your competitor Why would you target those investors? Should target investors that don't have clear competition already in their portfolio.
- quotz 7y agoOur main competitor who might steal the IP has 60 investors already. Its in the cryptocurrency biz. The IP has no way of being patentable for sure.
- codingslave 7y agoYou don't have a business if it can be replicated that fast. It's worth nothing. Your secret blockchain proof of stake or work or whatever is also worth nothing, it's about platform adoption.
- mstaoru 7y ago> valuable IP that if gets in the hands of the competitors is total failure for your startup It is not IP then. "P" stands for "property", something thats definitely yours (as proved by patents, trademarks or copyrights) and cannot be used by others.
- aey 7y agoWhatever it is, no one is going to rip you off. It takes near insurmountable effort to get funding, build, and get traction. If you want funding, get traction. Build and MVP, or a landing page, and start growing 100% every month.