There's no wrong or right answer here. I guess do what you'd like someone else to do if the roles were reversed.
For me personally, if it's someone I know, I'd reach out and see how they feel about it. I have a 101 ideas I could be working on, so I wouldn't want to potentially hurt a relationship by working on something that someone else might feel is too similar. Especially if it's a valued relationship.
But at the same time I don't want to artificially limit myself, if it's a natural extension of a business I'm already doing.
I don't know the person - he seems nice though and we only had friendly exchanges on twitter etc.
I guess at this point, to avoid speculation, I'll tell here. It is @levelsio - and the startup is NomadList.
The idea I got isn't focusing on nomads at all, so in a way it isn't even close enough to be a competitor...but then you never know how you might pivot, etc.
There's no wrong or right answer here. I guess do what you'd like someone else to do if the roles were reversed.
For me personally, if it's someone I know, I'd reach out and see how they feel about it. I have a 101 ideas I could be working on, so I wouldn't want to potentially hurt a relationship by working on something that someone else might feel is too similar. Especially if it's a valued relationship.
But at the same time I don't want to artificially limit myself, if it's a natural extension of a business I'm already doing.
True, I especially like the approach of reversing the perspective to inform your decision. It is almost always valuable in all aspects of life.
I don't know the person - he seems nice though and we only had friendly exchanges on twitter etc.
I guess at this point, to avoid speculation, I'll tell here. It is @levelsio - and the startup is NomadList.
The idea I got isn't focusing on nomads at all, so in a way it isn't even close enough to be a competitor...but then you never know how you might pivot, etc.
@jasonleow - FYI.
I'll reach out to Pieter I guess.
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