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I'm very trusting, as are lot's of entrepreneurs. I've met quite a few sharks though. I remember one young entrepreneur demoing his wares to a group of us, and
by trapper 17y ago
I'm very trusting, as are lot's of entrepreneurs. I've met quite a few sharks though.
I remember one young entrepreneur demoing his wares to a group of us, and this a-hole said "Wow, that's a great idea. We are going to do that! I'm going to ring X-famous-person who would love this now!". This was a successful, internationally known entrepreneur with huge resources behind him. Everyone in the room was just shocked. And he was serious, and didn't even offer the entrepreneur anything, not even a job.
- swombat 17y agoPresumably, this was something that was visible on the demoer's website anyway, so the thief could have taken it from there anyway, no? If he went and demoed his private, unreleased product to a bunch of potential competitors, then I'd say that's taking trust a bit too far.
- trapper 17y agoHe actually had no website - just really cool technology - augmented reality better than what I have seen but a few years ago! The meeting was actually organised by the city to set up a cluster for our industry, obviously nothing came of it after that debacle!
- hristov 17y agoYeah, that happens. That's what patents are for. Or NDA agreements. I know hackers do not like dealing with legal stuff but it is necessary and helpful sometimes. It is much better to set up legal rights through a patent or an agreement than to rely on strangers to follow some vague business ethics code. Many successful businessmen became successful because they broke such codes.