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5 Things You Should Never Say When Fundraising

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Almost any attorney can break through a non disclosure agreement, so it doesn’t protect your ideas at the end of the day anyway. Any one of those ideas or business plans can easily cross competitor boundaries. Here is my 50 page business plan and PowerPoint”. Presenting the formal plan comes later.

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Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare. In all cases, to keep non-professionals attention, the content of the offer online, or pitch presented, is very limited. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.

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Is Crowd-Funding the Answer When Investors Decline?

Startup Professionals Musings

The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare. In all cases, to keep non-professionals attention, the content of the offer online, or pitch presented, is very limited. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

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So, if I were going to invent something, I’d probably start by creating an affordable jeweler’s workbench, not least because I’d be able to test it, and because I already know all the distribution channels I’d need to hit in order to sell it. You can do this on your own too using the lean planning methodology.

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Don’t Count on Crowd-Funding to Save Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare. In all cases, to keep non-professionals attention, the content of the offer online, or pitch presented, is very limited. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.

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Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges

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The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare. In all cases, to keep non-professionals attention, the content of the offer online, or pitch presented, is very limited. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.

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Crowd-Funding is a Bad Approach for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare. In all cases, to keep non-professionals attention, the content of the offer online, or pitch presented, is very limited. Non-disclosure agreements can’t be done in these environments.