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1577792 No.1577792 [Reply] [Original]

I just came up with a billion dollar idea
How do I stop others from stealing it?

>> No.1577793

>>1577792
Tell me, I will be your secret keeper.

>> No.1577802

>>1577792
you make it first.

>> No.1577812
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>> No.1577815

>>1577793
no
>>1577802
what if someone with more resources steals and makes it better

>> No.1577817

>>1577815

then your idea is not worth a billion dollars...

>> No.1577820

ideas are cheap

implementation is priceless

>> No.1577831

>>1577817
yes it is, someone just stole my billion dollar idea

>>1577820
someone with more resources can always implement it better

>> No.1577848

>>1577831
PATENT IT.

If its not patentable, then its not your idea.

>> No.1577856

1) your idea is 99% not good to begin with

2) the idea is worthless as long as it only exists as an idea

3) first person to market is the only way to protect it

>> No.1577910

>>1577792
Hoodies and flashlights have already been invented

>> No.1578086

>>1577848
I can't patent it

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>>1578086
Why can't you patent it? Only way to deter someone from stealing is patent. But even that won't stop someone from building a better mouse trap.

>> No.1578521

Ideas are worthless. Actions are valuable.