Up and Running

JULY 25, 2016

Even from the outset, Pied Piper had problems related to IP, with the founder having to beg a local irrigation company for the rights to the company name. See Also: How to Find a Business Partner. Most NDA violations don’t end with a company acquisition, but they can be costly nonetheless. Violating non-disclosure agreements.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Here are some three documents you should discuss with your patent attorney or business lawyer before moving from that sketch in your head to making plans for actual production: Working With Outside Partners and NDAs. This includes anyone who comes to work with you such as a programmer or designer. They did it while working for you.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

Let's face realities here: it's no doubt tempting and cool for many developers to work for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook or Twitter to name but a few. Why would you put a several day process in place with dozens of interviews starting by forcing the applicant to sign an NDA? Outdated and Impersonal HR Practices.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

If you trademark your company’s name , you can establish additional protection in the case of a legal dispute. Before you discuss your idea with someone, whether they are a manufacturer, a supplier, or a potential business partner, make sure you know who you’re dealing with. Establish a trademark.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 5, 2019

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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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Bill Wood, founder of Silverton Partners and an early General Partner at Austin Ventures before, said something that got me thinking (quoting from the SiliconHills article ): Because it’s easy to startup a company and doesn’t take a lot of money, Silverton Partners sees more startups forming, Wood said. Yes, it is true?

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

A note about NDAs: 1) almost no experienced entrepreneurs/VCs will sign them (in fact, you asking them too is widely considered a sign of inexperience), 2) It’s not clear they have any real value – are you really going to spend years suing someone who signed an NDA? Have any candidate sign an NDA. link] Stan James.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2017

With a growing number of budding entrepreneurs and small business enterprises spreading across the globe, there is intense competition in every industry you can name. Together, you can offer a much wider array of services and increase your territories significantly as compared to what you and your partner could have achieved independently.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

It 1993, I sold my first company, Feld Technologies, to a company called Sage Alerting Systems (which, after several name changes, became AmeriData Technologies.) It was a six month journey for me and my partner Dave Jilk which was at some points exciting, often stressful, and occasionally extremely confusing.

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David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

However, Abe Othman, Partner at Indicator Fund and Head of Data Science at AngelList, observes, “Those companies don’t have a “margin of safety” though, in the traditional Seth Klarman sense of the word. Remember how they all said they wouldn’t sign an NDA? LTV / CAC, revenue growth, etc.) Time allocation.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Ted - I think if you simply remove the spaces in the file names, that should solve the download problems, e.g. the term sheet doc should be renamed to "SeriesSeedTermSheet.doc" Same with the others. :). All of those cost us as much if not more in legal time than the seed round. Posted by: Peter Leahy | 03/02/2010 at 07:33 AM.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

I was also searching for a new job and next week I will start work for a new employer and in their NDA I have mentioned the name of my incorporated company as "prior invention/copyright work". mr fredrick sucy1317 Disclaimer_Site Info_Sale Omega Speedmaster Day Date 3220.50 poteenguzzler Jason, this is a brilliant and honest article.

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grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

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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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

But knowing how to outsource that, how to partner with the right firm, how to interview those people how to present to them the right information so they can set up the right creative and run the right traffic is really complicated. The only thing I'll get into in, if they want me to sign an NDA, that's fine. I'm much more interested.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Outcome: last night a Biz Dev guy from Disney/ABC sent me an email asking about partnering with some of their online properties. The dude turned out to be a senior partner at a major international corporate law firm, and 6 weeks later he offered to take me on as a pro bono client. Reminder: we launched on just $4k. link] Giff Fun post.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2019

Partner with industry experts to co-create content. We add the project to Viral Content Bee and include the influencers’ usernames in the project name. Those names (and that brand) added credibility to Accuranker’s case study. These posts are, essentially, a type of round-up (a round-up of names rather than ideas).

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. Should I require and NDA? The key is to ask the right people what they think – not your friends, parents or partner. Initial developer: partner or hired? Especially if you need to quickly choose someone.

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Kodorra

AUGUST 23, 2018

Oh and by the way, typically angel investors don’t sign NDA (non-disclosure agreement), so they are most probably losing out on the cash too. Mistake – Choosing the Wrong Partner or Co-Founder. Your partner is most probably your good-old friend that you feel comfortable hanging out with. Let me guess.

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www.theverge.com

JUNE 20, 2012

Excuse my French, it was a clusterfuck," Elevation Partners Roger McNamee told the audience as they nibbled their kale salads. "It’s You don’t mind signing an NDA, do you? It’s like you had a chance to win the Super Bowl and you didn’t show up for the game.". June 19, 2012. Ben Popper. June 19, 2012.

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