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6 Guidelines On How And When To Use Non-Disclosures

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to entrepreneurs, I often have to deal with people who are convinced that they must get me to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) before they begin talks about their new venture. Don’t ask for an NDA from trusted investors and advisors.

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8 Portfolio Assets Are Key To Your Startup Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. Don’t pick a company name until you are certain that you can get the comparable domain name, so Internet brokers won’t hold you hostage. Internet domain name. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website.

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Startup Non-Disclosure Agreements are Overrated

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. Most investors and startup advisors I know hate them, and refuse to sign them. Who is right? Let me try to put this question in perspective.

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6 Success Stages Every Entrepreneur Idea Has To Pass

Startup Professionals Musings

There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Limit your disclosures to people you trust, and learn the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA). Ask some potential customers to see if there is real interest, and start thinking about price versus cost.

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Your New Venture IP Portfolio Sets Investment Value

Startup Professionals Musings

Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. Don’t pick a company name until you are certain that you can get the comparable domain name, so Internet brokers won’t hold you hostage. Internet domain name. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. In the Internet era, trademarks and domain names are closely interrelated, and both can be or become extremely valuable. Tech startups are at the other extreme. Instagram is a textbook example.)

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

Steve Blank

I was out and about in Silicon Valley doing what I would now call Customer Discovery trying to understand how marketing departments in large corporations worked. I remember presenting our ideas for Marketing Automation to one VP of Marketing in a large Silicon Valley company. He was now CEO of a new company in our market.