YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2015

But it is hard to develop any kind of viable business alone. Here are some three documents you should discuss with your patent attorney or business lawyer before moving from that sketch in your head to making plans for actual production: Working With Outside Partners and NDAs. Non-compete Agreements Before and After Hiring.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. Where developing a new system in a start-up environment, work with the business to develop use cases, user stories, user experience design and wire-frames.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Hire a lawyer to help draft an incentive plan with a vesting schedule that fits your business. Once you get some traction, don’t be surprised when you have to hire a lawyer to file a trademark on your logo because people start imitating it. - Russ Oja , Seattle Windows and Construction, LLC. Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreements.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

If youve read my Cult of the NDA article (which, by the way, remains one of the most-read articles on this blog), then you know that I think good luck and good execution are far more important to success in a startup than a Really Big Idea. They didnt even offer to sign an NDA. They are actively hiring Perl programmers.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Developers. Gather quotes from multiple (at least 3) development companies for building a minimum feature prototype. Do an initial financial projection based on competitors’ prices, your development costs, and the advertising costs to see if your product is financially viable. Sign that person to an NDA if necessary.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Developers in the audience will cringe, but for speed’s sake, and because the app was already limping along, I made all changes live on the server in the production environment. She asks me to sign an NDA, which I do. I hired a lawyer with experience in IP website acquisitions to draft up a custom agreement. Conclusion.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

You can’t afford to hire three developers to add features and bugs. I was also searching for a new job and next week I will start work for a new employer and in their NDA I have mentioned the name of my incorporated company as "prior invention/copyright work". You can’t answer emails during normal business hours.

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Up and Running

MAY 18, 2015

The way businesses hire employees to get work done is shifting—where once it was considered standard practice to have all work completed in-house, more and more companies are looking to freelance employees to complete projects for them. Would it be sensible to hire a permanent employee for a one-off assignment?

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I hired a lawyer, and he gave us an NDA template and told us that anyone that had knowledge of our proprietary data had to sign it. As I reached out to successful investors and entrepreneurs, I made each of them signed my nifty NDA. And while I knew she wouldnt steal it, I needed to be very careful. Oh, and what was the company?

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Who must be a co founder and who can remain a hired principal? When I find, and hire on options, the three perfect CEs/directors must I consider them co founders and treat them accordingly? Who must be a co founder and who can remain a hired principal? He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The market price is less than the inconvenience of signing an NDA. One of the best tricks I learned during our startup was a rule for deciding who to hire. And when businesspeople try to hire hackers, they cant tell which ones are good.Even other hackers have a hard time doing that. That shows how much a mere idea is worth.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Should I require and NDA? Maple Butter.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. Attending events around London, or talking with some of the development agencies present at the events, one might hear a startling set of opinions.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We hired three guys from that batch and paid them in iPhones. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. It builds trust and earns buy-in from the people you hire. When you’re hiring folks, don’t promise equity upfront. You’ll be the only startup there. This is a corollary to the previous point.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

I met Matt and John , the developers behind Docracy , during last year's Techcrunch Disrupt, when they were working on something a little less professional. Anyone who has done a startup has asked on Twitter or a listserv for an employment agreement, NDA, software license agreement, etc. I can't wait until next year!

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Hiring Poorly. Make sure that new hires understand your rate of innovation. If you dont manage this expectation upon hiring, you will be managing employee issues six months down the line. Someone told me recently, Any time Im talking to someone who doesnt work for me already, Im evaluating if I should try and hire them.

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