I came up with, what I think, is a good business idea. Admittedly the idea was tied to what the startup I currently work for does. I&#x27;ve been working here for 4.5 years, and we&#x27;ve been around for 8. I&#x27;m starting to think we don&#x27;t have what it takes as there is a lack of clear direction from the top, and marketing and dev are undercutting each other in product planning meetings (the CTO and VP of Marketing have very different visions for the company and the CEO just splits the difference, which is starting to not make any sense anymore).<p>I proposed the idea, and there was definitely interest in it (particularly from the CTO and CEO). I came up with a reasonable proof-of-concept, but they now want me to create the full blown idea in my free time, without any officially allocated resources. This will likely take at least 100 hours, many of these hours could be reduced if they gave me a dev that knows parts of the architecture that I don&#x27;t. If I leave the company and just do the idea for myself, could I get in trouble?
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