Why are you shaming someone for asking for advice? This is literally the thing they thought of by themselves to do as a start. Polling for opinion and advice is

Why are you shaming someone for asking for advice? This is literally the thing they thought of by themselves to do as a start. Polling for opinion and advice is a perfectly reasonable skill in business and life. They already identified risking IP starting a company is a big risk to avoid. They seem on the right path to me.