[d--b]

What was your goal with your side project?

If your goal was to create a company and sell your product, maybe you have a great opportunity here.

Maybe you can tell your VP: “I am building this tool, if you are interested, you can be my first customer. I give you the tool for free, and i can stay on as part time freelancer to integrate the product into your workflow while slowly phasing out my work here”.

Hopefully they understand it’s a win-win situation as it allows you to start a company while keeping some revenue, and for them they get a product they don’t build and get to keep you for a few more months/years.

Now they may also be greedy and try to screw you over, and honestly if they do want to screw you, they will. Big time.