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Is there a difference between having your idea stolen and being to far ahead of your time? It would seem OP inferred that was part of the problem: "In 2009, Ch

Is there a difference between having your idea stolen and being to far ahead of your time? It would seem OP inferred that was part of the problem: "In 2009, Charoo and I built Viewpointr. It was ahead of its time and today, Biz Stone and co, launched Jelly.co. They seem to have got it right… time will tell." Sometimes I guess you just have to wait until the market is ready for your product? As opposed to arguing someone stole your idea?

sitkack 13y ago
Timing is very very very (I could keep going) hard. Mostly it is luck, a few very perceptive people can see all the network flows that need to come into place for an idea to take hold in the collective consciousness. If we operated on a different location in the economic parameter space we would solve a problem, and if it didn't fit into the current graph, we would shelve it only to reactivate it later when it could fit. A dormant prototype can be a very powerful thing.
corobo 13y ago
Also when the idea already exists[1] can you really claim it as your idea? [1] http://web.archive.org/web/20081219115548/http://vark.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20081219115548/http://vark.com/