Steve Blank
DECEMBER 10, 2009
Contract, NDA. _. Each patent filing will cost your company $10-30k and take 1-4 years. Red flags: Start of sales effort, Price list, price quotation, Trade show demonstration, Any demonstration not under NDA. You need a plan for trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, contracts/NDA’s and patents before you get funded.
SVPG
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
But one of the real advantages from a product point of view is that there’s no legacy to drag along, there’s no revenue to preserve, and there’s no reputation to safeguard. Protect Revenue and Brand. Or we’ll utilize our Customer Development Program customers that are under NDA.
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www.virtuosimedia.com
MARCH 8, 2012
If the idea was reliant on ad revenue for profit, it quickly becomes apparent that there will be no incoming money at all. In addition to cost quotes, also ask for time quotes so you can get a feel for how long the project should take to implement. Research the cost of advertising your product. At this point, everyone loses.
Software By Rob
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
I asked for all of the following information: Monthly revenue. Details on which costs you chose to attack first (technical debt vs. free subscriptions vs. UX) is something all web businesses should think about. She asks me to sign an NDA, which I do. Monthly expenses. Number of paying customers. Number of free users. Conclusion.
Up and Running
AUGUST 28, 2013
Asking for an NDA. Rejecting a cash offer for your company when you have almost no revenues. Cutting costs every day. When you have a billion in revenues, staying focused. When you have zero revenues, staying unfocused and coming up with new ideas every day. When you have a billion in revenues, staying focused.
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. Generally, it doesn’t cost you a fortune to start an online business compared to a shop. Total that up would probably cost you $100 or less.
David Teten
AUGUST 7, 2019
LTV / CAC, revenue growth, etc.) Running your own analytics and sourcing process has real financial costs. Remember how they all said they wouldn’t sign an NDA? than comparable companies in the same sector that raised at a higher valuation. A Value research process doesn’t always lead to a Value investment. Time allocation.
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