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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). And we figured that unless litigation was going to be our business strategy, NDA’s would have inhibited the back-and-forth that made us smarter. Reply Ashu Sharma , on April 27, 2010 at 11:44 pm Said: Steve, Great post!

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One More Time: No NDAs

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More Info » One More Time: No NDAs. May 7, 2010. By unusual coincidence, this week I had a number of different folks ask me to sign NDA s about the new projects theyre working on. But signing an NDA ? Or some big companies just have a boilerplate NDA that they throw in front of people as a matter of course.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

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Step 2 (as opposed to version 1.1) » 02/25/2010. Posted by: toby | 03/01/2010 at 09:52 PM. Posted by: Ted Wang | 03/01/2010 at 10:45 PM. Posted by: Yokum | 03/01/2010 at 11:30 PM. Posted by: Walt | 03/02/2010 at 02:43 AM. Posted by: Dan Greenberg | 03/02/2010 at 05:43 AM. Blog Archives.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

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I'd be happy to sign an nda. Submissions once a day till Nov 26, 2010 per category Top 5 per category will advance to finalists round Good luck to everyone! SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. More About Mashable » Mobile Version News Submit News About Us Advertise Contact Us Privacy Policy © 2010 Mashable.

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6 critical tips for launching a startup while holding a day job | VentureBeat

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As for the employer, I would say don't compete with your employer and don't come close to using any IP of theirs. I was also searching for a new job and next week I will start work for a new employer and in their NDA I have mentioned the name of my incorporated company as "prior invention/copyright work".

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

We launched in January 2010 after burning through just $4k of cash. Make sure you own all the IP created during this trial period, and make no promises for later. Need to learn about IP, patents, etc.? Asking an IP lawyer, “Is my invention patentable?&# No one funded us. No one was gonna fund us. Need legal advice?

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