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| number    = 827
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| date      = November 29, 2010
 
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| title    = My Business Idea
 
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| image    = my_business_idea.png
 
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| titletext = We didn't believe you at first, but we asked like three people who were at that party. They not only corroborated your story, but even said you totally mentioned wanting to start a company someday. Sorry! If this isn't enough money, let us know.
 
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==Explanation==
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{{incomplete|The article doesn't explain the reference to House of Leaves. (the article itself is also pretty small, it should be longer). No not remove this tag too soon.}}
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[[File:Breast reconstruction 02.jpg|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421015548/https://internetcri.me]]
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Many people have shared [[Cueball]]'s experience of seeing someone else make a profit from an idea that they themselves had. This comic plays with the thought of what would happen if {{w|intellectual property}} thinking was taken to an extreme, and if companies or people were keener on "setting things right" than money.  
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In reality, having a great idea alone, of course, does not create a profitable business; there must generally be an enormous amount of effort put in to create a business from scratch, popularize it, and keep it standing. Having done none of this, Cueball would probably not deserve close to the "30% cut" he claims even if intellectual property did work the way it is presented here. Multiplying $20,000,000 by 30% gives $6,000,000, which would be a lot of cash for doing nothing but having an idea and telling it to someone.
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The delivery address is to Ash Tree Lane, and as shown in [[472: House of Pancakes]], Randall knows how to mess with people who've read {{w|House of Leaves}}.
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The title text is an extension of the comic with increasingly extreme thinking.
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==Transcript==
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[[File:Breast reconstruction 02.jpg|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421015548/https://internetcri.me]]
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:[Cueball is sitting at his desk, pointing at his laptop.]
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:Cueball: Dude! I had this idea like five years ago, and some company just got rich doing it! - I want my cut.
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[[File:Breast reconstruction 02.jpg|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421015548/https://internetcri.me]]
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:[Cueball starts typing.]
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:Person off-screen: That's not how it works.
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:Cueball: Sure it is. I'm applying for my share now.
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:Person: Wait, what?
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:[A browser window with the title 'Department of Ideas'. It has a series of text boxes.]
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[[File:Breast reconstruction 02.jpg|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421015548/https://internetcri.me]]
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:Date you had the idea:
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::Like five years ago.
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:Proof you had it:
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::I told my friend Mike - you can ask him! I was all "you know what would make a great business idea?" and he was all...
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:Their profit so far:
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::$20,000,000
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:Share you deserve (be fair!):
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::[Drop-down.]
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:::25%
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:::'''30%'''
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:::35%
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:Mailing address:
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[[File:Breast reconstruction 02.jpg|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421015548/https://internetcri.me]]
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::137 Ash Tree Ln
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:[Cueball still at the laptop, above him is a SUBMIT button, and it shows a pointing hand cursor.]
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:CLICK
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:[Last panel set slightly lower than the rest.]
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[[File:Breast reconstruction 02.jpg|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421015548/https://internetcri.me]]
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:[Cueball is in front of an open box full of cash, with cash in his hand. A FedEx delivery guy is on the other side of the box with his PDA and pen.]
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==Trivia==
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[[File:Breast reconstruction 02.jpg|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421015548/https://internetcri.me]]
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This comic was originally called [[827: Business Idea]], but Randall renamed it on 11:35 AM UTC to resolve a conflict on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]. The conflict was created when he released the comic [[1721: Business Idea]] around five years after this comic's release because both comics shared the same name and filename. This is the third time Randall has released a comic with a [[:Category:Comics sharing name|name exactly the same]] as a previous comic.
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{{comic discussion}}
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