my opinion is that you are alias of resident troll

@huiman
That was an interesting article. I was wondering when someone would get around to copying the Shark Tank series or their investments.

Venture capitalists rarely execute non-disclosure/non-circumvention agreements. They claim they see <insert any suitably large number here> opportunities every day.

While venture capitalists can provide finance opportunities for brilliant management teams - they can also have a dark side. Venture capitalists are not always staffed by the founders themselves. Many times, a VC firm has staff, whose job is to vet opportunities for financial and market feasibility.

That said - they also may have hidden agendas, which differ from the founder's agendas. Some founders seek profitable opportunities, which also contribute to society, the environment, the economy. Others are purely profit motivated.

A VC staff may have professional industry relationships looking for work, and will insert an alleged professional from a big-branded firm, under the pretext of "guiding" or other loosely defined consulting role - however these alleged professional consultants are a significant drain on a startup company's operating capital.

Professional VCs rarely invest in great ideas or great opportunities. They invest in experienced management TEAMS (not leaders - but TEAMS), with proven successful track records.

The same is mostly true for universities. They may select talented professionals, but compared side-by-side to a similar professional with a talent for bringing in R&D and grant monies - money wins almost every time.

It should come as no surprise that VC firms will steal business plans and feed them to firms that they've funded. It's unethical but incredibly difficult to prove.

The general rule of thumb - if possible, is to withhold critical information, or withhold the critical information as an investment contract deliverable.

As for copying/stealing ideas and globalizing them - chances are if you have a brilliant idea, business model, or business plan, there are typically several people in the world with largely similar ideas.

This has been shown repeatedly in the world of science, from the rush during WW2 to create the atom bomb, to firearms, mathematics, and is ever so obvious in today's internet markets.

So, unfortunately or fortunately, depending on one's perspective - no surprise. On a debatably positive note - it creates jobs...

@Dazzer

Bravo! Another "Matt" gets caught. U detective win and I alias voluntarily surrender.

Please don't feed the trolls.