Ever have a GREAT idea that you wanted to sell a company?

Not me but my mom had ideas that were eventually put up by two companies. First was the idea of a layered gelatin (the upper layer being the creme layer, and the jello the lower layer) topped with grated cheese. She once offered the idea to one famous fastfood chain but the owner was reluctant. Later on, the same food company came out with a dessert that is very similar to my mom's idea (but not exactly the same thing)! After that, my mom came up again with an idea of romance novels written in the local (native) language, but with pictures (and balloons of conversation) very similar to a comic book (but in smaller novel book form). She offered the idea to a publishing company but they said her asking price for the idea was too high. Later on, another publishing company did the same thing and the books sold like pancakes (even up to this day)!