Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Contract, NDA. _. A patent is a government granted monopoly to prevent others from making, using or selling your invention – even if the other parties infringement was innocent or accidental. Red flags: Start of sales effort, Price list, price quotation, Trade show demonstration, Any demonstration not under NDA.

Intellectual Property 213

Intellectual Property IP Software Review Non-disclosure Agreement 213

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. Hold responsibility for IT governance of platform & services, including telecommunications, networks, infrastructure, engineering, media, and architecture.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Not so much that it slows you down, but enough so that you smoothly run and grow the engine. It will be a long time before you have in-house counsel, and you can’t afford an outside law firm for every NDA to sign. “Time to get organized” - Your CFO should take a leading role in bringing operational excellence into your company.

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NDA CPA SEC Startup 248

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

Not so much that it slows you down, but enough so that you smoothly run and grow the engine. It will be a long time before you have in-house counsel, and you can’t afford an outside law firm for every NDA to sign. “Time to get organized” - Your CFO should take a leading role in bringing operational excellence into your company.

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NDA CPA Startup SEC 237

Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Not so much that it slows you down, but enough so that you smoothly run and grow the engine. It will be a long time before you have in-house counsel, and you can’t afford an outside law firm for every NDA to sign. “Time to get organized” – Your CFO should take a leading role in bringing operational excellence into your company.

NDA 147

NDA CPA SEC Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

Not so much that it slows you down, but enough so that you smoothly run and grow the engine. It will be a long time before you have in-house counsel, and you can’t afford an outside law firm for every NDA to sign. “Time to get organized” - Your CFO should take a leading role in bringing operational excellence into your company.

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NDA CPA Startup SEC 233

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The market price is less than the inconvenience of signing an NDA. You make elaborate plans for a product, hire a team of engineers to develop it (people who do this tend to use the term "engineer" for hackers), and then find after a year that youve spent two milliondollars to develop something no one wants.

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Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105