You don’t need to own IP to start. Given how many companies fail, to get to protecting IP is a long way. Most initial steps don’t have anything to do with your

You don’t need to own IP to start. Given how many companies fail, to get to protecting IP is a long way. Most initial steps don’t have anything to do with your contract - coming up with ideas, learning, building MVPs, finding real needs in a market. Once you find an unmet need and you prove that out, then you can think about quitting your job to do it, or doing it while at the job (which i advise against). Also, you agreed to those terms so I don’t think it’s fair to abuse their(company you are currently working for) trust.