Where Can I Sell My Business Ideas?I get it. What a nice dream … just sell the business idea, and let somebody else take the risk, find the money, and do the work. Except that the work, the risk, and the money is what gives the business idea value. So nowhere. The answer to your… Aug 20 20August 20, 2020Article at Planning, Startups, Stories
Should You Start a Business? Test Your Idea FirstAs I write this, during the worst pandemic in 100 years, in the grips of a severe economic slowdown — let’s all hope it’s just recession, not depression — people still want to start new businesses. We still come up with new business ideas. Some ideas… May 21 20May 21, 2020Article at Liveplan Blog
How can you secure your business idea from being stolen by the investors you always meet? Where can you sell your business idea if you have a great idea?I posted about this on my main blog not long ago. I think it’s straight on to this question. I’m pasting here because it fits. It comes from How to Protect Your Business Idea While You Build the Business How to protect your business idea while you… Oct 24 18October 24, 2018Article at My answers on Quora
Is there a market for Visionaries who can churn out great ideas but don’t deal in application or follow through?A “great idea” has the same value as an unwritten book or unpainted painting. It’s just an idea. The greatness comes later, after it has become something. There’s work involved. People who generate raw ideas are dreamers, not visionaries. And no idea… Sep 06 18September 06, 2018Article at My answers on Quora
How to Protect Your Business Idea While You Build The BusinessHow to protect your business idea while you build your startup. I’ve been kind of hard-line in this space on the value of ideas. I’ve said they are a dime a dozen, aren’t owned, can’t be sold. My personal favorite is this one: A good idea is like a… Mar 20 17March 20, 2017Article at Planning, Startups, Stories
How can I sell the idea of my invention?You need to be honest, and honestly skeptical, and give your invention idea a really good reality check first. This question has several optimistic answers about patents, but consider some sobering reality too… (I am not a lawyer and this is not… Dec 09 16December 09, 2016Article at My answers on Quora
How to Really Protect Your Business IdeaHow do I protect my business idea? How can I find investors without giving it away? How can I get people to join me without telling them all about it? What if they steal my idea? Here’s the hard truth about protecting your business ideas: You don’t… Aug 10 15August 10, 2015Article at Liveplan Blog
All Ideas are Brilliant Before They Are Executed.“No battle plan ever survives first contact with the enemy.” – Helmuth von Moltke. Similarly, all business ideas are brilliant before they are executed. Ideas have to run through an obstacle course of hard realities before they are really… Apr 03 15April 03, 2015Article at Planning, Startups, Stories
Q&A: How Do I Sell My Idea to A Big Company?This is another email question I received via my ask-me-a-question form on my timberry.com site. I’ve edited it slightly: I recently read your article protect your ideas and I have an idea that I want to protect and want to pitch to a company. I… Jan 11 12January 11, 2012Article at Planning, Startups, Stories
How can I sell business ideas or investment ideas without becoming an entrepreneur myself?Forget it. The idea has no value. If it's worth anything, a thousand other people have the same idea. You don't believe me? OK, prove it. Prove me wrong. Make your idea work. Find a management team, write a business plan, get the funding,… May 12 08May 12, 2008Article at Entrepreneur
