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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. It is web-based, fast and easy and soon to may be available on the iPhone.

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The 90-Day CMO and Cross-Channel Acquisition Strategies That Scale

Duct Tape Marketing

With over a decade of experience in his toolkit, he specializes in helping clients build out cross-channel acquisition systems using a mix of owned, earned and paid tactics. 07:17] What is you cross-channel acquisition strategy? [11:13] 20:58] Are there any overlooked channels or platforms worth exploring? This is John Jantsch.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. He says that intentional Web 2.0 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! How Do I Start? Also, to address the issue of "OMG!

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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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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. It was yet another Web 2.0 And if you go up on the web, someone WILL find you.

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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). Functional Specification - write a document called a functional specification; this explains to the developer what each screen in your mock-up does and what every button and link on the mock-up should do.

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Be Real-World Smart: A Beginner's Advanced Google Analytics Guide

Occam's Razor

This is all the way from Aug 2009: Web Analytics Career Advice: Play In The Real World! Or a subsequent post about how to build a successful career: Web Analytics Career Guide: From Zero To Hero In Five Steps. No NDA's to sign, no software to install, no IT resources required. Awesome, right? The last column.