{"id":10298,"date":"2015-05-05T15:37:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T15:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=10298"},"modified":"2022-03-08T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T17:28:11","slug":"protect-big-idea-hiring-gurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa-wp.guru.com\/blog\/protect-big-idea-hiring-gurus\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Protect Your Big Idea When Hiring Freelancers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have an original idea and you\u2019re ready to hire a freelancer&nbsp;to make it happen. Great! But if you\u2019re like many entrepreneurs, you might be afraid of losing your competitive advantage.&nbsp;<em>How can I ensure that my idea won\u2019t be stolen by the freelancer I\u2019m hiring?&nbsp;<\/em> Don&#8217;t let fear get in the way of your success. Protect your big idea from the moment you post your job by following a few simple steps.<\/p>\n<h2>1.&nbsp;Leave the big idea out of the job description.<\/h2>\n<p>Any time you post a job publicly and it contains proprietary ideas, you&#8217;re sharing that information with the world. It\u2019s best to find a sweet spot between being too vague in your&nbsp;job description and revealing too much up front. Provide as much information as you can about the skills and experience you\u2019re looking for, and save the award-winning details about your idea until after you&#8217;ve hired someone.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Limit&nbsp;who can see your job posting.<\/h2>\n<p>A great way to control the quality of freelancers who apply is to hand-select freelancers to submit quotes. Simply set the exposure&nbsp;to \u201cNone\u201d so only freelancers you invite can see the job posting. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10304\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.guru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/job-exposure.jpg\" alt=\"job exposure\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qa-wp.guru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/job-exposure.jpg 713w, https:\/\/qa-wp.guru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/job-exposure-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are extremely concerned you can limit your job to freelancers living in the same country as you.&nbsp;This makes it easier to enforce the legal protections you include in your agreement (see number 4 below).<\/p>\n<h2>3. Screen each freelancer.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #555555;\">There are several ways to judge who is reputable and who isn\u2019t on Guru. One simple method is to look at a freelancer&#8217;s feedback rating, how many jobs they&#8217;ve completed, and how much money they&#8217;ve made. You can&nbsp;<a title=\"filter quotes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guru.com\/help\/employer-help-center\/my-projects\/quotes\/#select-right-freelancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filter out quotes<\/a>&nbsp;from anyone who has no feedback or has less than 3 stars average feedback rating.<\/p>\n<p>Also, make sure to review each freelancer\u2019s profile and portfolio. Many freelancers post details about their work terms in their bio. If anything concerns you, ask them about it. Once you&#8217;ve found someone that you trust enough to hire, then you can get something in writing.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Include legal protections in your agreement.<\/h2>\n<p>After hiring a freelancer, you can ask them to include legal protections in your agreement:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Disclosure Agreement:<\/strong> A non-disclosure agreement commits a freelancer to confidentiality. While it may be difficult to enforce a NDA outside the U.S. it can scare off potential crooks. Have one drawn up by a lawyer, or simply search Google to find free NDAs you can tweak to fit your needs.<\/p>\n<p><b>Non-Compete<\/b><strong>&nbsp;Agreement:<\/strong> A non-compete agreement prevents a freelancer from starting a business that would compete or threaten yours within an established radius. Some freelancers may be resistant to signing this kind&nbsp;of agreement because it can limit the number of future clients they can work with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work-For-Hire Agreement:<\/strong> A work-for-hire agreement establishes that you own any and all improvements made to the idea. Anything your freelancer comes up with while working for you, you own.<\/p>\n<p>Following these steps will make it harder for others to steal your idea.&nbsp;Consult an attorney if you have concerns about protecting proprietary information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have an original idea and you\u2019re ready to hire a freelancer&nbsp;to make it happen. Great! But if you\u2019re like many entrepreneurs, you might be afraid of losing your competitive advantage.&nbsp;How can I ensure that my idea won\u2019t be stolen by the freelancer I\u2019m hiring?&nbsp; Don&#8217;t let fear get in the way of your success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":13279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[435],"class_list":{"0":"post-10298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-employer","8":"tag-find-freelancers"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Protect Your Big Idea When Hiring Freelancers on Guru<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ready to hire a freelancer? 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