Re: Have you ever had an idea, someone else made successful?
I invented a few concepts in how to use communications technology. One of the concepts was revolutionary and have become popular internationally and is now marketed by large multinational companies. Was very difficult to find any way to protect it, but I managed to gain some goodwill by helping them which indirectly resulted in some cash, and they provided me a lot of free resources to put it into live use. No real pay off, but got me a name so that headhunters call me with job offers.
When I worked with it I knew that I would be unable to protect it but I take pleasure in watching that it is developing into the "de facto" international standard.
Hope I can make a business of something similar sometime.
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