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More than just a document: the importance of bulletproof commercial contracts for startups

The Startup Magazine

And in certain situations, the low-cost approach makes perfect sense… A template NDA may fit the bill for early discussions with third parties, while a fairly generic employment contract may mean that enough is being done to ensure legal compliance.

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Startup Reality Distortion #3: The Fallacy Of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

onstartups.com

Startup Reality Distortion #3: The Fallacy Of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). In my role as angel investor and informal startup advisor, the issue of NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) comes up about once or twice a month. . It is likely that a lot has been written regarding NDAs from an investor’s/VC’s perspective.

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 3)

Software By Rob

Details on which costs you chose to attack first (technical debt vs. free subscriptions vs. UX) is something all web businesses should think about. Essentially, the website was in bad shape both visually and in terms of conversions. She asks me to sign an NDA, which I do. Plugging the Marketing Funnel. I ask for some numbers.

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How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

www.virtuosimedia.com

Your product must solve an actual need, have a profitable market size, differentiate itself from the competition, generate sufficient interest from your target market, be cost-effective to produce in a timely manner, and have a clear marketing path. Research the cost of advertising your product. Sign that person to an NDA if necessary.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. All of those cost us as much if not more in legal time than the seed round. I see there is no support for the assertions that the benfits of using standardized documents outweights the costs of customizing and negotiating important issues.

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

Duct Tape Marketing

Ryan has made it his mission to lead businesses towards unprecedented growth through this unique approach, and during our conversation, he generously shared the secrets behind his successful strategies. And when I present it to them in terms of a cost analysis, [00:05:00] in terms of what you would. Or what they've been paying.

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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

Background This post partly really came about as a result of a great conversation yesterday with David Croslin a former CTO at HP who recently conducted an interesting experiment. So, you can easily get sold that there’s little to no Gap. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?