This happens in Kampala too, and I guess in every country. Some business entities will do whatever it takes to make progress, even if it is at someone else’s cost. They are not your friends, and are not trying to help you make your big break so you need to be wise while dealing with them. A certain bright chap tried to sell his application to one of the Telecom companies in Uganda, was told to give them the application for 2 week testing, and after the testing period he was told management does not think it viable, only to see the service launched 2 weeks later with slight modification. He went to court, was able to prove that the launched app had the same DNA as his, after a few years struggle he was able to get compensation. Let me share one trick that I borrowed from Michael Scofield of the Prison Break TV Series: Don’t share the whole idea, or give them the whole item, keep a secret piece which will ensure that someone wont go on with you. Make sure you keep the secret ingredient to yourself until beyond any doubt you have a deal. I have used that a number of times and it works wonders, just make sure there is a part that only you can do or has. Of course that does not rule out the possibility of someone coming up with something else like yours or based on yours if they fail to complete the puzzle... Regards, Joshua Twinamasiko G. Managing Editor, PC Tech Magazine Published monthly by PC Tech Communications Ltd. t: +256 312 274 869 m: +256 774 143 720 / +256 701 143 720 www.pctechmagazine.com | www.pixelmagic.co.ug | www.joshtwin.com From: imelda Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 10:54 To: Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] 3 Companies NEVER TO SHARE an Idea With! to all Does any one have prove that those ideas are actually stolen , or all this is just speculation and sabotage well ? On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Watchman <skunkingrahim@gmail.com> wrote: @Goeff. "This is Kenya" Simply says you've given up. I say let's get our asses working on what we want Kenya to be! stop being having a defeatist attitude. If the rest of Kenya can perform without us, why can't we perform without them? Why can't we. a Group of Like minded individuals who have our differences come together and recreate what this society is? Watchman. On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com> wrote: in my view this is kenya , first dont trust anyone secondly make sure when you are sharing an idea make the other party be ware they can benefit from your idea but they need to give you a kick back.... else the solution will be copyrighting your ideas...but hey once again this is kenya where the heck do you do that!!!? On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote: Well, a certain university Dean is credited with a wonderful idea of starting a university radio station, As he wenta round shaking diplomats hands, the Student who came up with the idea was still holed up in his room with the initial radio equipment he made from scratch. _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- GG _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- ...and I shall shed my light over dark evil. For the dark things cannot stand the light. _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke