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Ethics aside, if a company/startup can't be bothered to make new slides after stealing an idea, it will likely make similar inflexible "shortcuts" later on and

• rbanffy 17y ago
  I think Bob Cringely had something that touched companies that got funding that way. http://www.cringely.com/2009/12/three-simple-rules-for-stealing-my-money/ http://www.cringely.com/2009/12/three-simple-rules-for-steal...
• ajross 17y ago
  That's what I keep thinking reading this. Slides? They stole ... slides? Not customer lists, or research notes, or software. Just slides? Come on. Is that really what passes for evidence of "hard work" on the marketing side of things. Is a good powerpoint really going to make or break a company?
  • Retric 17y ago
    Professional looking slides can take a ridiculous amount of time to create and they add zero value outside of their intended presentation. Honestly, for an early stage start up the safest and best thing to steal is probably their slides. Stealing code creates long term problems, and if you have a customer list worth stealing then you are already a significant competitor.
    • rjurney 17y ago
      He's addressing the fear of 'stealing my great idea!' and stealing slides and starting a company based on them certainly qualifies.
  • diN0bot 17y ago
    maybe slide duplication is the easiest to discover and verify. sound advice regardless! thanks for the uplifting post. fear mongering is crummy. i'm glad to have found a source that is both entertaining, useful and upbeat (telling it like it is!).