Up and Running
MARCH 12, 2019
While this may be an innovative solution to your immediate need for tech talent needs, the question of how to protect your intellectual property when outsourcing software development has probably crossed your mind. The last thing you want is to have simply handed your idea and your intellectual property over to a potential competitor.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
Resist the temptation to skip the business plan. Many new entrepreneurs believe the myth that a business plan is only required to satisfy professional investors and can be skipped with crowdfunding. In reality, the value to you of a detailed plan is even greater when you won’t have investors challenging it.
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Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
All businesses have intellectual property. In order to protect your business’s IP, learn the four different categories. Yes, your business has intellectual property (IP). In fact, 100 percent of businesses have IP. Are you outsourcing projects without a “work-for-hire” agreement?
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
You might also go so far as to apply for patents to cover any inventions that you have created so far, although it is worth noting that you cannot patent ideas or business plans in isolation. Use an NDA.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
In all cases, to keep non-professionals attention, the content of the offer online, or pitch presented, is very limited. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary. Intellectual property is jeopardized.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 17, 2013
In all cases, to keep non-professionals attention, the content of the offer online, or pitch presented, is very limited. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary. Intellectual property is jeopardized.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 7, 2009
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. Lessons Learned Your business concept is not a company.
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