They can steal your ideas, but they cannot get the true essence.

• They don't take away your long-term perspective: Craigslist started with SF, Facebook at Harvard, Google brought millions of webpages, and Microsoft just started with the basic explanation at the beginning. Everyone has a basic short-term market. The real question is, "What is your long-term goal ?" Your long-term goals and paths cannot be stolen. But when someone tries to steal your ideas, they usually just steal the market you are pursuing. Can you imagine that ConnectU can have insights like Mark and platforms like Facebook? I doubt this.

• They cannot steal your domain expertise: truly great ideas are organic and usually come through your own experiences. marc Benioff started Salesforce after years of understanding the business software space by working at oracle. extends other startups are born through founder's frustrations with processes in areas they have domain expertise in. this deep understanding, especially in vertical and/or very specific engineering cases can only come through first hand experience.
  They cannot steal your expertise:The true great idea is organic and usually based on your own experience. Marc Benioff started his sales work after Oracle began to understand the operation of commercial software space. Entrepreneurship in many other fields is based on the frustration of their professional field experience. A deeper understanding is that, especially in vertical and very specific engineering success examples, we can only use first-hand experience.

• they cannot steal your market failure driven tables TS: The successful version of your product or eventually products will certainly look different than the idea someone stole, which was likely in the napkin phase at the time. after they steal your initial idea a fork in the road is formed by the specified TS and failures that you go through. someone who actually has the bils to "steal your idea" W Ill be so blindly in love with it that they will most likely be closed to feedback which may alter it.
  the driving force behind your failed market attempts: the perspective of your product's success or that each product looks very different from what you have stolen, just like the idea of a temporary napkin. What they steal is your initial idea, which is often the pivot of failure on the way you try. In fact, when someone has the ball of "stealing your ideas", they will blindly invest in their love for it and tend to ignore the feedback to transform it into their own ideas.

• they cannot steal your talent (at this point): Do you think the winkelvoss twins cocould have recruited the tech team that is in place at Facebook today? It takes a certain class of Founder to attract top notch talent. when think that they can just outsource the development work overseas or have someone write copy for $10 an hour to make things done. that's just foolish. if you surround yourself with insanely smart people you trust in the early days they cannot be stolen. if they can, then you picked the wrong people to be cofounders. only when you 'Re beyond the idea stage does poaching from similar companies become a problem.
  they cannot steal your talents (at this point ): do you think winkelvoss can recruit technical teams on today's Facebook platform? This requires the founder of a certain stage to attract top talents. Many people think that they can develop outsourcing jobs or make copies of those 10 dollars an hour for sale. That's obviously stupid. If you believe in smart people around you, they will not be stolen in the early days. If they will be dug, it can only prove that you have chosen the wrong co-founder. It is also a problem that only you have gone beyond the current ideas and need to consider not to be used for reference by similar companies.

• they cannot steal your analytical insights: the data you collect in your early days is so very important and for the most part so very unique to your exact concept. track every click, every conversion, and every complaint from a user. find out what is working and most importantly what isn' t working. people trying to steal your idea will think that pixels are there just because they look pre Tty in that place or that those exact words were there because they sounded smart. what they don't know is that every pixel and every word in place has meaning through rigorous analytical insights. here's a great post that scientifically explains a lot of the analytics and metrics you shoshould be tracking.
  they cannot steal your analysis opinion: the data you collected was very important in the early stage and should be paid special attention. Concept. Each click, conversion, and user complaint. Find out what is supposed to be an important job, but not a job. People will steal your idea simply because some pixels are there to make them look beautiful, or some special words make them smart. What they don't know is that those pixels and every word have the meaning of strict analysis. The great job here is just a scientific explanation of a large number of analysis and data that you should focus on.

• They cannot steal your plans for generating revenue: You can break down most revenue models on the internet down to their simplest form as either advertising based or charging for something. the real value comes from the details. who are you charging? How much? What type of ads are you running? Why can you charge that rate? Why does it convert? The most someone can steal is your pricing page or your rate card. they can't steal the endless testing, customer development, and insights behind those numbers. you shoshould almost hope they play follow the leader here. when it comes time for your competitors to change these numbers, they won't know what to do. you'll be far ahead before they realize what to do.
  They cannot steal your plans and their revenues: On the Internet, you can break through their simplest forms, advertising revenue models, and charges based on this. Real value benefits come from details. Who are you asking? How much? Which type of advertisement will you operate? Why are you asking for that rate? Why does it need to be converted? At most someone steals your webpage and toll card prices. They cannot steal all tests, customer development, and insights behind relevant data. You should expect the leaders to be here most. When your competitors change the data, they don't know what to do. You are far ahead before they realize how to do it.

• They cannot steal your passion for great service: Shoes. effing shoes. no. geat customer service. that's what Zappos sells. if someone tried to steal the idea for Zappos over a decade ago they wowould have probably said: "Let's set up an ecommerce shop for shoes. those Zappos guys are making a killing. it's a great idea!" What they wowould have missed is the passion for great customer service. Do you think someone trying to steal the idea for Wufoo wowould steal the concept to write thank you notes to mers MERS? I doubt it.
  They cannot steal your enthusiastic services:Shoes. Effing shoes. Customer service without Geat. This is the sales of Zappos. If someone tries his best to steal Zappos within ten years, he can say, "Let's build an e-commerce shoe store. The Zappos guys are committing suicide. A great idea !" What they miss is the enthusiasm for serving great customers. Do you think those who try to steal the Wufoo idea will try to write a thank-you letter to the customer? I am skeptical.

• they cannot steal your passion to make this idea a reality: People stealing ideas are often followers. they are a product of the passion and vision you have displayed to them. they may often get passionate about the idea for a few days, but that passion will surely fade almost instantly once they realize the difficulties that lie ahead. since an idea is just a snapshot, they will often lose Passion/energy once they find themselves lost as to what lies beyond that one snapshot.
  they cannot steal the passion that turns your ideal into reality: A person who steals ideas is often a follower. They are your products with passion and perspective. They may be excited for several days, but their passion will surely disappear after they recognize the difficulties they may encounter. The concept is just a snapshot, they will lose enthusiasm and energy, once they find themselves lost on a snapshot.

• they cannot steal your luck: Luck is a funny thing. it's a weird multiplier of success. it just happens (or doesn't happen) to startups. it might be the difference between very little money or a whole lot of money. when it hits, boy Is it sweet. you can't steal luck. it's like a ghost that you can only faintly see in the photograph afterwards. if someone tried to steal it, They wowould probab Ly be grabbing at air.
  they cannot steal your luck: luck is an interesting thing. It is a successful weird multiplier. It only happens (or does not happen) at the initial time. It is completely different when there is a portion of the funds and a large amount of funds. Boys feel sweet when they knock on the door. You cannot steal luck. Just like a ghost, only you believe that after seeing a photo. If someone tries to steal it, they will be snatched by the air for luck.

• be open with your ideas (Chris Dixon gives good insight here ). I suggest sharing your ideas in a blog post to solicit feedback. it worked well for me. they will change by the time they become real businesses. don't worry about someone stealing the idea, worry about the things they cannot steal.
  open up your ideas (Chris Dixon provides good insight here ). I suggest you share your ideas on your blog. This is very beneficial to me. The idea will grow into a real business as time changes. Don't worry that someone will steal ideas and worry that they cannot get them.

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