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Tips For Hiring An Independent Contractor

YoungUpstarts

For example: A non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Sometimes called a confidentiality agreement, this gives you confidence that your independent contractor is not sharing your business plans or trade secrets with competitors or other businesses. Additional Forms to Consider. Follow Lesley on LinkedIn , Twitter and FB.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

If you do have competition, pay special attention to your product name, price range, materials used, what the product claims to do, packaging, and who the manufacturer is. A great way to find potential licensees is to look for products similar to yours and then to look for the name of the manufacturer. A benefit statement.

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Cloud Tools: Useful PDF Forms For Business and Education

The Startup Magazine

The nondisclosure agreement is a written contract, in which a Disclosing Party binds a recipient of confidential information from releasing it to a third party or to the general public. You can download the non-disclosure agreement form to stay on the safe side. Assignments Sheet.

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Create your IP strategy early to avoid common pitfalls

NZ Entrepreneur

Using the appropriate symbols serves as a notice to others that the brand names are being used as trade marks, providing the owner with rights to stop others using the same or confusingly similar names. Make sure to use the copyright symbol © along with the year of creation and name of the owner.

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The cult of the NDA

www.frozennorth.org

AIM Screen Name: DFNfrozenNorth. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) were the order of the day. One startup even printed its NDA on the back of visitors badges, just like a software "shrink wrap" agreement: "By accepting this visitors badge, you agree to the terms of this Non-Disclosure Agreement."

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