Up and Running

APRIL 23, 2012

Every investor is well aware of early stage investing risks, and all investors know there is no success guarantee with any company. You must sign an NDA, too many of my ideas have been stolen”. So don’t treat investors like a credit card application you found on the Internet. This is a no fail deal”. Equity is unsecured.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Technical Review NDA Due Diligence 98

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

To learn some common legal pitfalls we’d all be better off avoiding, we asked nine founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) what unexpected things they found themselves needing lawyers for in the early stages of their startups. Here’s what they had to say: 1. Immigration. When it comes to the U.S. Term Sheets.

Non-disclosure Agreement 97

Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Term Sheet Early Stage 97

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

A note about NDAs: 1) almost no experienced entrepreneurs/VCs will sign them (in fact, you asking them too is widely considered a sign of inexperience), 2) It’s not clear they have any real value – are you really going to spend years suing someone who signed an NDA? Have any candidate sign an NDA. link] Marco.

Stealth 68

Stealth Startup NDA Cofounder 68

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). Sun Microsystems has a program called Startup Essentials [link] thats designed specifically to help early stage startups get into some great equipment, free software and other great stuff too. . >

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Java is a great language for enterprises and is commonly used by many big dotcoms, banks and airlines, but its relatively slow development pace and higher barrier to entry make it inappropriate for most early-stage businesses. PHP is a widely-used Open Source web scripting language.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 40

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Instead of spending 4 years at university, I spend 4 years starting 2 internet companies that failed. Should I require and NDA? What is the first step in creating an internet-based business (After planning) ? When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. Then launch. Can you recommend any books?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The market price is less than the inconvenience of signing an NDA. During the Internet Bubble there were a number of startups founded by business people who then wentlooking for hackers to create their product for them. There is nothing more valuable,in the early stages of a startup, than smart users.

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Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105