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1) YC has a cofounder matching system. There is also Starthawk. YC startup school is also worth the time investment.

2) A provisional patent, in your case, could offer you some protection.

But yeah, in general, ideas alone have little value. Your mindset needs to be “it doesn’t matter if everyone knows my idea because I will build a better product, have better marketing and be more efficient than my competitors”.

[tata71]

Hypothetically, if someone was a somewhat direct competitor to an already funded startup, should would avoid Ycom matchups?