Ammon Johnson Intellectual property as cash -- actually, a lot
   of businesses DO do just that. We ALMOST did it - my brother and
   I - in our animal trapping business. (i do the business side of
   things - i get to stay home - and he does the actual animal
   trapping work) - a guy from another state was going to pay us
   $10,000 to learn our trade from start to finish then go back and
   start up his own bu...siness. Yes - that's the price we set for
   the knowledge - and it was pretty close to happening, but his
   wife ended up shutting him down from doing it 'cause apparently,
   he's done that sort of thing before - spent a lot of money to
   learn a trade, started a business with that knowledge, and then
   ended up stepping on other ... "