crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Its founders (Bret Taylor and Kevin Gibbs) have extensive experience with some of the biggest online properties. Taylor was the co-founder of Google Maps, CEO of the ill-fated social network FriendFeed, and former Facebook CTO. Gibbs was the founder of Google’s App Engine.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. Disbelief, Anger, Resignation and Acceptance My cofounders and I went through the stages of disbelief, anger, resignation and acceptance. Are These Your Slides?

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

See Also: Got “Founder Fit”? If you do have competition, pay special attention to your product name, price range, materials used, what the product claims to do, packaging, and who the manufacturer is. A great way to find potential licensees is to look for products similar to yours and then to look for the name of the manufacturer.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. Pick a name for the new legal entity (e.g., founders’ shares subject to vesting) and IRS filings for most favorable tax treatment of those shares.

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Kodorra

AUGUST 23, 2018

Oh and by the way, typically angel investors don’t sign NDA (non-disclosure agreement), so they are most probably losing out on the cash too. Mistake – Choosing the Wrong Partner or Co-Founder. You just a domain name, a web hosting account and online software, which could be free, thanks to open source.

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chrissundberg.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The Truth: A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) can be a useful document. They should not be used with investors, co-founders, advisors, etc. The best post I’ve seen on this is from Paul Graham , founder of YCombinator. However, it’s designed in most cases to apply to employees. Apps I <3.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Each document has a from-language, to-language, and a name. For example: in my translation site story, above, the first milestone might be just a plain ugly web page where a company can create an account, create a new project, then upload named documents into that project. Click on my name for the link. And thank you Derek!

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