I Exposed My Boss’s Theft

My boss stole my idea and fired me. So I waited. I used to work at a small tech startup.

Long hours, low pay, but I loved the job. Last year,

I pitched an idea during a team meeting. Everyone liked it. Especially my boss. Two weeks later,

that exact idea was presented to investors — by him. My name wasn’t mentioned once.

I confronted him privately. He smiled and said, “That’s just how business works.”

A month later, I was fired for “poor performance.” Here’s the part he didn’t know:

Before I left, I backed up everything. Emails. Drafts. Timestamps.

Slack messages. Including the one where he literally said, “Let’s use your