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How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

www.virtuosimedia.com

Home ▶ Businesses ▶ Startup Business Advice ▶ Current Page How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea. This article should also serve as a starting guide for programmers who are approached about becoming technical co-founders. Before You Pitch To A Technical Cofounder.

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To NDA or not to NDA?

Growthink Blog

This blog post was written by Mary Juetten, founder of Traklight.com, a site that provides inventors, creators, and small businesses with integrated software tools to identify and protect intellectual property. What is a NDA? One standard use of a NDA is protecting one company from another during discussions and negotiations.

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I'll Fund a Startup n00b But Here's How Not to Look Like One

This is going to be BIG.

Years ago, I got invited by Steven Messer to join him and his co-founder (and brother-in-law) Tad Martin, two very successful NYC founders, out on a bike ride up the West Side Highway and up 9W over the Palisades. There will be others—like don’t ask a VC to sign an NDA. No, it’s just Apple.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #11: New Year’s advice for middle-aged people

Austin Startup

Bill Wood, founder of Silverton Partners and an early General Partner at Austin Ventures before, said something that got me thinking (quoting from the SiliconHills article ): Because it’s easy to startup a company and doesn’t take a lot of money, Silverton Partners sees more startups forming, Wood said. in the long-run, I say!?—?success

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Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders

grasshopperherder.com

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. It means there actually might be a market for your idea.

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Startup Myths #1 – You Need an NDA

chrissundberg.com

Startup Myths #1 – You Need an NDA. You Need an NDA. The Myth: You need an NDA to protect your intellectual property. The Truth: A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) can be a useful document. They should not be used with investors, co-founders, advisors, etc. I sign an NDA.

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Business Owners Need To Understand Intellectual Property Law

YoungUpstarts

First all employees, including founders, should sign invention assignment agreements. A company needs a well-thought-out patent application on file, or a signed NDA to protect against potential loss of patent rights. To ensure that your company owns its intellectual property, follow a few basic steps. What should my IP strategy be?