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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. If you feel confused by conflicting time zones, differing currencies, and up-front costs, it’s time to run the other way. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement.

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10 Scams To Avoid While Seeking New Venture Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. If you feel confused by conflicting time zones, differing currencies, and up-front costs, it’s time to run the other way. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement.

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10 Ways Aspiring Entrepreneurs Are Often Victimized

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. If you feel confused by conflicting time zones, differing currencies, and up-front costs, it’s time to run the other way. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement.

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Shortcuts To Entrepreneur Funding Are Usually Scams

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. If you feel confused by conflicting time zones, differing currencies, and up-front costs, it’s time to run the other way. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. It’s possible to have a company with literally millions of customers (users) that employs only a handful of people, working in a small rented office, with hardware and software costing in the tens of thousands rather than millions of dollars.

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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

Obviously you need to clearly understand your situation and your cost benefit analysis so that you can go into the deal with a solid understanding of what is a huge success for yourself. What would be a above and beyond success for that party and what would be below their expectations? Understand your deal limitations.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. A contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. a Non Disclosure Agreement gives you certain rights to protection of your confidential information.) Each patent filing will cost your company $10-30k and take 1-4 years.