SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? This will only be disclosed when there is an NDA in place. "We are doing something in mobile advertising."

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? This will only be disclosed when there is an NDA in place. "We are doing something in mobile advertising."

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 198

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Advertise Advertise. How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? At first, we tend to see the business and our partners at their best, full of promise, and cant conceive that they will ever be anything but their best. Entertainment. Watercooler.

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Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Research the cost of advertising your product. Look at online advertising rates for your potential product keywords, industry publications ad rates, search engine optimization fees, and any other advertising avenues you’d like to pursue. Sign that person to an NDA if necessary. Rework it as necessary.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA 41

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Mark Suster (GRP Partners VC) nails it in this (audio, summary blog post) clip I borrowed from a recent ThisWeekInVentureCapital (#twivc) episode. I'd be happy to sign an nda. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us!

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Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

A note about NDAs: 1) almost no experienced entrepreneurs/VCs will sign them (in fact, you asking them too is widely considered a sign of inexperience), 2) It’s not clear they have any real value – are you really going to spend years suing someone who signed an NDA? Have any candidate sign an NDA. link] Stan James.

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Stealth Startup NDA Cofounder 68

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

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