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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

3) Check the social network username site www.knowem.com to see who else is using something similar. I'd be happy to sign an nda. I have a couple of points and resources to add. And Good luck! John Humphrey (DomainNoob) Certainly no one would argue that Diapers.com isn't the perfect name for what they do.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

Vendor long-list - build a “long-list&# of possible software vendors and NDA them all, but don‚Äôt rely on it (more on this later). social network for sports fans! Request of Information - Write and run an RFI process to sift your long-list of vendors down to a short-list of between 4 - 10 vendors.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice.

www.humbledmba.com

I hired a lawyer, and he gave us an NDA template and told us that anyone that had knowledge of our proprietary data had to sign it. As I reached out to successful investors and entrepreneurs, I made each of them signed my nifty NDA. And while I knew she wouldnt steal it, I needed to be very careful. So I should be very secretive.

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Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders

grasshopperherder.com

Q: “What will be your best channel for customer acquisition?&# Don’t Even Ask for an NDA This just makes me laugh. UPDATE: It is of course perfectly reasonable to ask for an NDA before giving away the super secret sauce. As a corollary, cold call a VC and try and get them to sign an NDA before your first meeting.

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Should I require and NDA? I just launched a small online retail business last week, and feel a bit lost about marketing ideas and how to get the most out of social media channels. I have the vision, model and the core elements of the ideas established. How can you find and assemble a team I can trust? Then launch.