[gshannon]

Chances are, your contract probably stipulates that any work or ideas you come up with whilst being an employee are their property. If that's the case, ask your friend or a family member to approach them for you.

[singer]

At most companies, that doesn't count for the things you do outside of work.

[gshannon]

I must be unlucky then, out of three dotcoms all but one had full rights to any IP I came up with whilst an employee.

[ScottWhigham]

True but, as you said, that's "most companies" and not "all companies"

[singer]

What's your point?

[ScottWhigham]

The point would be to do your due diligence and find out what your contract has and to not leave it to chance. I guess I could have clarified that a bit but I expected that people would have been able to infer what I meant. I have no need or desire to over-answer in every situation.

[singer]

My comment was in reply to gshannon's thought that most companies own all work/ideas. Your reply to my comment made no sense. Thanks for clarifying though. I didn't think you had a point.