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Stealth Mode Startup

www.frozennorth.org

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. AIM Screen Name: DFNfrozenNorth. Categories. Statistics.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. Standard 1-way/bi-lateral NDA's, standard templates for an employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company are on my wish-list too.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

I'd be happy to sign an nda. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Eric Axelson Hi brad. I am a realtor in south jersey/philadelphia who dabbles in naming. I would love the opportunity to brainstorm names for/with you. Please let me know. eric@axelsongroup.com HardHatCity Great article. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

Vendor long-list - build a “long-list&# of possible software vendors and NDA them all, but don’t rely on it (more on this later). You dont /have/ to build vendor lists and out-source. Request of Information - Write and run an RFI process to sift your long-list of vendors down to a short-list of between 4 - 10 vendors.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

The market price is less than the inconvenience of signing an NDA. But this is just the kindthat tends to be open source: operating systems, programminglanguages, editors, and so on. But its hard to raise money with an IP cloud over your head, becauseinvestors cant judge how serious it is. Dont do what we did.

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