Biz Quirk #2- My idea, Your Idea

I try out new ideas all the time. A good amount of these don't pan out, but some of them end up sticking. Being stagnant in a business can be detrimental. New ideas keep a business relevant or organic. Organic businesses succeed.

In light of this, we often propose ideas or opportunities to near-by businesses and 11 times out of 10 we get turned down. Its never because the idea doesn't benefit that said business or make sense for them to try it. They turn it down not because of its merit but always because they have never tried anything like it before or never heard of such an idea. We often propose win-win proposals for them and give up a lot just to give the idea a try but to no avail.

Recently, a new trend has started. We will go through the hoops of proposing a new idea and it will of course be rejected, but now that business will comes back with my idea only now they call it their idea and they are gun ho to make it work. They explain the opportunity like its never been heard of before only its sounds vaguely familiar. They stress the same points and benefits that we begged them to consider. We of course are still interested in the idea and do want to give it a try. But we of course try to renegotiate some terms in our favor since its now them proposing our idea to us.