Comments on: Can I Steal Someone Else’s Business Idea? http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/658/can-i-steal-someone-elses-business-idea Inspiration, ideas and opportunities for your business! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:06:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Simon Wilkes http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/658/can-i-steal-someone-elses-business-idea#comment-10979 Simon Wilkes Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:32:58 +0000 http://www.businessopportunitiesandideas.co.uk/658/can-i-steal-someone-elses-business-idea#comment-10979 There is probably no business idea that is 100% original. It could be argued that any new business is ‘stealing’ somebody else’s ideas even if done unknowingly. In short: Take ideas that work in other businesses and use them; Take ideas that don’t work in other businesses, fix them, then use them; Don’t take ideas that nobody uses, they'll probably never work no matter how you apply them; And don't take ideas if they are protected in anyway such as by a patent, you'll only find yourself in trouble. There is probably no business idea that is 100% original.
It could be argued that any new business is ‘stealing’ somebody else’s ideas even if done unknowingly.

In short:

Take ideas that work in other businesses and use them;
Take ideas that don’t work in other businesses, fix them, then use them;
Don’t take ideas that nobody uses, they’ll probably never work no matter how you apply them;
And don’t take ideas if they are protected in anyway such as by a patent, you’ll only find yourself in trouble.

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