Thanks for sharing. The one difference I'd like to point out between this scenario and someone at idea stage is that you had a team together (resources to execu

Thanks for sharing. The one difference I'd like to point out between this scenario and someone at idea stage is that you had a team together (resources to execute), and new $9 million to "play" with. Imagine if you went to those 2 in Europe and you were just getting started. They perhaps could have come into your market with investment money and beat you to market. This is why I think it's naivety whenever people say "ideas are a dime-a-dozen" or they themselves are unoriginal, uncreative and copy ideas relentless (and perhaps exactly) and that's a justification phrase for them to not feel guilty.