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Re:Advice needed: "friend" stole my idea...what to do? by AF on Thursday April 26, 2007 @12:23PM (#17031)
If the original poster has his service out when he does this, it could end up being both very bad PR for her and very good PR for him.

In fact, her ripping off his idea could end up being better publicity than he would've gotten anywhere else.

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Re:Advice needed: "friend" stole my idea...what to do? by create_account on Sunday April 29, 2007 @10:13PM (#17994)
Future investors hate the idea of IP conflict like this.

If the accusation is public knowledge, she'll have a difficult time raising a second round.

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