How can I share my idea with big company?

Three Steps to Selling Your Idea

1. Know your market. This means gathering as much feedback as possible on your own invention idea.
2. Do some legal legwork. Go as far as you can to determine if your invention is patentable or if it can be produced without infringement on other filed patents.
3. Look into production.

What to do if you have a great idea for a company?

But if you break these five key steps down, you’ll be well on your way to a successful launch.

1. Talk it Out with Trusted Allies. Once you have a business idea that you think has real potential, don’t keep it to yourself!
2. Research the Market.
3. Draft a Business Plan.
4. Build a Prototype.
5. Raise Funds.

Can I sue a company for stealing my idea?

There are two primary ways that you would be able to sue the company for stealing your idea. The first is if you did, in fact, reduce the idea to a protectable form before telling the company about it.

Can a big company take any idea and run with it?

Just to explain an apparent contradiction between points 4 and 6: legally the big company can take anybody’s idea and run with it, because nobody owns an idea; but big companies don’t want to deal with the accusation or even the bad karma of actually doing that. Who wants the negative press? It’s way better to just not ever respond to you.

How do I approach a big company for a business idea?

If you are going to approach a big company, put in all the footwork first, get your intellectual property protected. Why not contact 1,000 people and pitch your idea. Maybe some one will steal it.

Do ideas get stolen from startups?

Ideas and business models get “stolen” all the time. Big investors will never sign a non-disclosure for the very fact that they might “already” be working on your idea and would want to avoid any legal troubles of signing to hear your “idea”.