# Selling an idea to a company **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 19, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-idea-to-a-company/782532 "2017-03-19T05:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-idea-to-a-company/782532/21 "2017-03-21T14:14:23Z")
My younger brother (homeless and mentally ill) believes that he has all of these wonderful ideas which will make millions. A few aren’t bad. However, most are what you would expect coming from someone eating out of soup kitchens. For decades people have been trying to tell him that most ideas from outsiders are worthless. Do you really think that the product managers at McDonald’s haven’t discussed a mini sized Big Mac every product meeting for the last 20 years? At my previous company, I actually did get a couple of products created, but that was because they were adaptations needed for the Japanese market or products similar to the Japanese competition. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-idea-to-a-company/782532/22 "2017-03-21T14:31:09Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I am currently working on a novel/ screenplay on this topic. ( The Collaboration) in recent weeks I have received a little attention from some important people expressing interest. I am feeling encouraged. I have been working on this for several years now. I’ve been working on a similar concept since 1989. Pay up! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-an-idea-to-a-company/782532.md?page=1)