ProtectYourIdeas

ELTON JOHN AND RAY WILLIAMS - THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

siteadmin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:35:00 GMT

BANKERS' BONUSES AND A FUND FOR NEW IDEAS

siteadmin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:33:00 GMT

If you’re an entrepreneur and you borrow £1m from a bank to launch a new business idea, you’d not expect your dividends to be capped. So, if a banker uses £1m of their employer’s money and speculates successfully in the market, why shouldn't the banker have their bonus and the amount merely reflect their success?

The critical difference for the entrepreneur is that, of course the downside is real. If the £1m loan’s not repaid, the bank will have security in the form of a personal guarantee or collateral so the entrepreneur could lose their business, house and be pursued to bankruptcy. Entrepreneurs carry the risk of their speculation and that, in turn controls their appetite for risk in using the banks' money.

CAN IDEAS BE PROTECTED BY LAW?

siteadmin — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:50:00 GMT

HOW DOES ONE PROTECT A GREAT BOOK IDEA?

siteadmin — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:10:00 GMT

FIVE REASONS WHY TIME MATTERS TO IDEAS

siteadmin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:56:00 GMT

“Timing is everything. There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." Julius Caesar, Act IV by William Shakespeare

Apart from attracting recognition for being a genius, polymath or any other accolade to ensure your name is enshrined in history, what is the advantage of being ahead of your time with ideas?

DOES ANYBODY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IDEAS....?

siteadmin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:42:00 GMT

In “Adventures in the Screen Trade”, William Goldman made his famous observation about the film industry – “NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING”. The point being that nobody knows for certain what’s going to work when it comes to making a film. It can only be a guess and, at best an educated one.

That could probably be said of the whole content sector today. Does anybody really know anything in music, TV or publishing? Or is everyone, from Rupert Murdoch to the average joe blogger guessing? We’re living in an unnerving era in which nobody has definitive answers. Combined with the economic climate, that’s not an easy scenario in which to develop ideas or raise money for them.