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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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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

Disbelief, Anger, Resignation and Acceptance My cofounders and I went through the stages of disbelief, anger, resignation and acceptance. We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). We concluded that, at least for us in this market, an NDA would be a bigger impediment than asset.

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Stealth Mode Startup

www.frozennorth.org

If youve read my Cult of the NDA article (which, by the way, remains one of the most-read articles on this blog), then you know that I think good luck and good execution are far more important to success in a startup than a Really Big Idea. They didnt even offer to sign an NDA. AIM Screen Name: DFNfrozenNorth. Categories. Statistics.

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Business Owners Need To Understand Intellectual Property Law

YoungUpstarts

Patent applications represent the hope for defensible protection, as the most a company can truthfully tell investors is that the company owns its IP. First all employees, including founders, should sign invention assignment agreements. What should my IP strategy be? Should I file a Provisional Patent Application?

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

I suggest you never call this person again for information TheNameInspector The founder of Kodak was George Eastman. I'd be happy to sign an nda. View More » Entertainment 6 Free Sites for Creating Your Own Co. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Was looking for something like this. I want my childhood back.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice.

www.humbledmba.com

I had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. 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. 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.

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