Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

If you want to explain your idea to someone in-depth and are worried potential theft, you can get them to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)—a legal document that states both parties intent to keep information confidential. Of course, you could also calculate your price based on the cost of materials and manufacture.

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SVPG

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

So to me it is a non-negotiable that we simply must continue to move our products forward, and deliver increased value to our customers. Most of the time an A/B test with 1% or less of the customers exposed is fine for this. Or we’ll utilize our Customer Development Program customers that are under NDA.

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onstartups.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

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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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2016

Develop a patent strategy early on to evaluate whether the costs for protecting an innovation makes sense. The most important inventions to protect are those that drive market demand, which must be disclosed to investors, regulators or customers to move the business forward. What should my IP strategy be?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

Ask some potential customers to see if there is real interest, and start thinking about price versus cost. Limit your disclosures to people you trust, and learn the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA). Find out if something very similar is already selling, and who your competition would be if you proceed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Ask some potential customers to see if there is real interest, and start thinking about price versus cost. Limit your disclosures to people you trust, and learn the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA). Find out if something very similar is already selling, and who your competition would be if you proceed.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Elevator Pitch NDA LLC 141

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Number of paying customers. How many customers cancel each month. The point of the above data is to construct a picture of how the business works, where new customers come from, and calculate a customer lifetime value (LTV). She asks me to sign an NDA, which I do. Monthly expenses. Number of free users.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review NDA 53

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Custom Programming. 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. Businesses.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Contribute to development of primary business plan, with input on focus, costing and approach (platform, build vs. buy, resourcing, hosting strategy, time & cost). Where necessary, produce cost-benefit and risk justifications for IT initiatives to win budgetary support from the board.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

Ask some potential customers to see if there is real interest, and start thinking about price versus cost. Limit your disclosures to people you trust, and learn the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA). Find out if something very similar is already selling, and who your competition would be if you proceed.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Elevator Pitch NDA LLC 120

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2013

Asking for an NDA. Trying to raise VC money before product or customers. Cutting costs every day. And to conclude, because I did mention “hilarious” above, a couple answers that are probably true and certainly funny: Why didn’t the VC or customer call back after we met yesterday and it was great?

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

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. Posted by: Ted Wang | 03/02/2010 at 06:29 AM. I think opinions differ on this.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There is also a scope to offer value-added services to your customers or clients at nominal additional costs. Clearly outline how the partnership would be carried out and etch out a proper costs-benefits analysis for each partner. Another important benefit is that you both can cross-refer each other to clients.

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Transformify

MARCH 24, 2020

Often ‘’telecommuting jobs’’ is used to define jobs in call centers, telesales, online customer support centers, online vendor support centers and the like. A hybrid of remote jobs and online jobs, telecommuting jobs usually don’t require employees to travel or spend time in the company’s offices.

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Los Angeles Limited Liability Company NDA Technical Review 85

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

And when I present it to them in terms of a cost analysis, [00:05:00] in terms of what you would. Like everything is custom here, this is fractional CMO work. So like, figure it out, you know, like, that's why we don't get customers. Like You've got to be able to speak to a very specific type of customer.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

20 Required NDA to continue – a nonstarter 50 Couldn’t sell him 15 Couldn’t explain why they wanted him involved In our conversation together, David and I spent a fair bit of time discussing the fact that a lot of people really didn’t know what he could do for them. So, you can easily get sold that there’s little to no Gap.

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Technical Review Fractional CTO Technology CTO Hire 170

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

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). How much will this cost? But producing a professional and slick product costs money. It is often said that bootstrapping is cheap. Our team is 5 engineers, 2 QA and a project manager.

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grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

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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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Should I require and NDA? Talk to your customers. The right people are potential customers – ask them if they have the problem. How can you find and assemble a team I can trust? Then launch.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2019

But, of course, there’s a limitation to these collaborations: The targeted influencers have to be your clients—for long enough to have gotten great value from your product and liberated from a self-imposed NDA that keeps them from sharing their story. Make your customers feel truly special by adding them to an exclusive group.

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B2B Marketing Social Media B2C 110

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. The pendulum swings to and fro. link] leehower. Great points. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Thus, the opportunity cost of joining your half-baked venture is dramatically lower than it is for legit professionals. Customers are technophobes. link] Matt Mireles NDA for pitching?!? link] Matt Mireles NDA for pitching?!? Tiny, contracting market. Huge upfront software licensing fees. FAIL just waiting to happen.

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Transformify

JUNE 15, 2021

Next, check whether you are planning to sign a contract or NDA. Build a custom talent pool directly on the platform. Moreover, it helps to customize the onboarding as per the needs of the company. Every company comes with a different set of onboarding rules. Defining the freelancer types and work they will do. Hiring level.

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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. Otherwise, there’s no point having the rest if you can’t keep your customers coming back for more. Total that up would probably cost you $100 or less.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

WordPress.com is a collection of many physical servers across multiple datacenters to create a scalable, resilient environment for our customers. MM : No, in fact were going the other direction so we can have more control and lower our costs. One thing I love about it is the cost. Cloud computing is over-hyped.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

WordPress.com is a collection of many physical servers across multiple datacenters to create a scalable, resilient environment for our customers. MM : No, in fact were going the other direction so we can have more control and lower our costs. One thing I love about it is the cost. Cloud computing is over-hyped.

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Cloud Founder Azure San Antonio 50

Transformify

APRIL 4, 2022

A freelance management system can help you build your own custom talent pool of highly skilled freelancers right on the platform, which further helps keep in contact with freelancers for future projects, eliminating the hassle of rigorous research and reduces reliance on expensive talent agencies. Track performance with custom reports.

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