I have seen tons of people like this, but they also come with a NDA and somehow strongly believe idea is so much stronger than the team working on it.
I think this is what happens when mainstream media puts Kevin Rose on front of its cover.
I think this is what happens when mainstream media puts Kevin Rose on front of its cover.
The idea ended up being something extremely basic - literally something I could have coded up in an afternoon. After he left and took his buzzwords with him, it was my pleasure to assure everybody else that the guy was full of as much BS as it sounded.
Hope his lawyer was cheap, and whoever his "rockstar developer" is must be laughing his way to the bank.
Edit: I think part of the problem is born from people trying to attack niche markets without doing their research or understanding their users. This guys idea was basic, but still good - but he was pitching to the completely wrong crowd. I tried to gently convey that I thought maybe smaller studios would be looking for something like his product but studios of our size would likely recognize it as unecessary... alas, everybody thinks they have beautiful babies - and I guess you can't fault him for trying.