I'm usually not afraid to share my ideas unless they're really ridiculous and I'm ashamed of my twisted mind.<p>But I just had an idea that seems really great to me, and potentially really profitable, really quickly, if I move my ass to launch an MVP. There is a market for it that's 100% sure, if my product is good enough and well marketed it can definitely succeed.<p>I was about to ask for feedback about it to an alumnus from my school, who's an industry expert.<p>But I took a step back and I was like: he was in school a year before me, he have more business experience, he's a better seller, have a bit more technical experience overall, launched a few successful projects, more domain expertise, a better network, more capital.<p>If I expose my project to him, and he's actually interested, he actually have a lot more chance of succeeding than me, and he definitely don't need me, so I would have just lost my first mover advantage.<p>My only real advantage would be one specific technical skill that he don't have, but he very likely have the means to outsource this part.<p>Do you think you should never be afraid to share your business ideas? Or are there specific cases where it's just a terrible idea to do so?
Yes, of course there are specific cases where it's clearly a dumb idea to share the idea with someone else.<p>The usual saying is that all that really matters, in the end, is the execution of the idea. If that were strictly true, there would be no need for patents.