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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. We talked to bloggers, social media gurus, linguists and naming experts (yes, they exist!) to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. How Do I Start? Ask yourself: 2.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. And we figured that unless litigation was going to be our business strategy, NDA’s would have inhibited the back-and-forth that made us smarter. Are These Your Slides?

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

By unusual coincidence, this week I had a number of different folks ask me to sign NDA s about the new projects theyre working on. But signing an NDA ? If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it. Embed: 13 Comments.

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What To Do When Your Trusted Employees Defect To The Competition

YoungUpstarts

As their name suggests, these documents legally bind employees not to share certain information assets (often trade secrets). Anyone who might have access to your trade secrets should sign an NDA at the beginning of the relationship. If an employee produces a valuable idea or invention, make it known.

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Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders

grasshopperherder.com

Names redacted.) Unless your name is Mesmero the Magnificent, it’s probably not going to work on me. 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. I just need a co-founder to web enable it!"

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The Secret To Packing A Room For A Speaking Event

Mike Michalowicz

Events with big names (a million times bigger than mine) don’t sell out, let alone like mine did on the day it was announced. So I said the only way to get into my event, even if you had a ticket, was by signing a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Individual Invites - EO normally emails the entire group in giant email blast.

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Implied Suspicion Versus Implied Trust

Feld Thoughts

It went something like the following via several emails over the course of a week. Me: Can you send me a short email overview so I can tell you whether or not it’s something we’d be interested in exploring? Will you sign an NDA first? Me: I don’t sign NDA’s. Can we get together to discuss?

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