The other day i had a great idea, its no where to be found on the markets iOS or Android. So the other day i built it as a weekend hack i think that this app has great potential... I am young but wondering what the best way togo about raising money while preventing others from stealing the idea. Are trademarkets/copyright/patents needed to secure the idea? Any advice beyond programming the app is welcome... however i am mostly interested in finding out how to go about funding the idea. I would just need small amount of funding to try and scale this idea for x amount of months to test it and see how the public would use it, and if its something that would last long term...
Thanks HN!
I'll get the default (and largely true) feedback out of the way:<p>- Ideas are the easy part, and are not worth much<p>- Trademarks/copyright/patents are a waste of your time<p>Now for the positive part:<p>- if you want funding, and your product is actually a great idea, there's plenty of money flowing around these days: angels, incubators/accelerators, startup/pitch competitions<p>- it's fun as hell building your own stuff, so go out and build it, start contacting your potential clients/users, and enjoy the ride!