Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2015

Thus, based on my experience as an entrepreneur as well as a startup investor, there are indeed situations where a non-disclosure is highly recommended, and others where the potential good far outweighs the risk. Discussions with potential strategic partners. CDA entrepreneur idea NDA non-disclosure startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2012

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. If you are totally risk-averse, then push to always get signed NDAs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2013

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. If you are totally risk-averse, then push to always get signed NDAs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2011

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. If you are totally risk-averse, then push to always get signed NDAs.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Stealth Mode Startup. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2010

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. If you are totally risk-averse, then push to always get signed NDAs.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. I have a personal diligence rule that when speaking to people at large companies, the facts that they tell you are very useful but their opinions about startup ideas no more valuable than any other smart person’s opinions). Peter Coles. Jon Russell. Jonah Peretti. Lauren Leto.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

By unusual coincidence, this week I had a number of different folks ask me to sign NDA s about the new projects theyre working on. But signing an NDA ? If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it.

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chrissundberg.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Startup Myths #1 – You Need an NDA. This is a series of Startup Myths. You Need an NDA. The Myth: You need an NDA to protect your intellectual property. The Truth: A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) can be a useful document. I sign an NDA. Tagged as: how not to , myth , startup.

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onstartups.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

23 Tweetable Insights From "The Lean Startup" (5 days ago). How To Pick The Right Idea For Your Startup (3 weeks ago). From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). For A Startup (1 month ago). Questions about startups? The Fallacy Of The NDA. . Article Index].

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Transformify

JANUARY 7, 2019

Hiring freelancers, self-employed or independent contractors have many advantages including budget flexibility, the ability to hire a highly-skilled expert to provide strategic advice to a startup or a small company that can’t afford to hire her/him on a permanent basis and have an extra pair of hands during seasonal peaks in demand.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

How do you find that perfect Twitter handle or that ideal epithet for your blog, website or startup — one that’s snappy and memorable, and that you won’t hate by next year? A tech Startup OTOH may find themselves having to pivot as new players and innovation come into their market. And Good luck! Others, were great ideas.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

To learn some common legal pitfalls we’d all be better off avoiding, we asked nine founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) what unexpected things they found themselves needing lawyers for in the early stages of their startups. Have you hired or not hired a lawyer for your startup, and why? Immigration. Trademarks.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Startup Advice. Home ▶ Businesses ▶ Startup Business Advice ▶ Current Page How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea. Sign that person to an NDA if necessary. If your presentation is compelling and detailed enough, you might be able to get them to become a full partner.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. For example, you get on the phone with a business partner and they kiss up to you.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. Blackbox cofounder Bjoern Lasse Herrmann says, “Too many startups start building first without talking to customers.

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2016

.” The story of the fictional tech company Pied Piper and its many ups and downs is relatable to entrepreneurs that have gone through the hard knocks that come with trying to navigate the startup world. See Also: The Best Places Worldwide to Start Your High-Growth Startup. See Also: How to Find a Business Partner.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

Next page: What Are You Buying Startups For? What Are You Buying Startups For? Companies keep buying startups with cool products, good ideas and talent. Buying and integrating a startup into a larger corporation is quite a task - after all these people started their own thing instead of joining a company in the first place.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

That’s why one of the most important early steps of any startup venture is securing the idea to prevent it from being stolen by competitors — particularly those who might have the resources and drive to try to beat you to the punch. What follows are just a few tips on how to keep your ideas secure.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

I’ve been on both sides of the table: I’ve done a startup while working and I’ve employed people who either were or are very capable of having their own startup on the side. A startup already generates an infinite amount of work. Over my last fifteen years of startups, this has been my number one rule.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Share this: chief technical officer chief technology officer cto interim cto job description start-up startup cto web cto Weve been swapping some thoughts with Daniel Kehoe , a consulting CTO acquaintance of ours from across the pond. Ensure staff, partners, customers, and board understand the business technological vision.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. Later he posted about his experience in Challenges of Startups.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2017

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. This kind of cross-marketing strategy among partners is also beneficial to their clients and brings better value to them.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Over the next 5-6 posts I‚Äôll outline the process which I‚Äôve now followed at several corporates and which I‚Äôve honed to work with my own startup, Aroxo. Vendor long-list - build a “long-list&# of possible software vendors and NDA them all, but don‚Äôt rely on it (more on this later). Again, this is not strictly true.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2013

It’s a numbered list of his answers to 100 frequently asked questions about startups. Asking for an NDA. Having fights with partners in the first year. If really like The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Starting And Running Your Business , which was first published on TechCrunch last weekend. ” He says: .

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Good idea, I think this will benefit lots of startups and some angels. Acton: I can't prove the assertion, but it's a judgment that I've developed after years of doing this work and is seconded by my launch partners all of whom are experienced investors. Ted: Great service to the startup community! This is great!

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 22, 2015

Behind the stories of most first-time venture-backed CEOs building startups and attacking markets at breakneck speed, there is usually a tight network of mentors and peers showing them the ropes of company building. You should probably sign an NDA. To be clear, Pantheon is built very differently from Gnip.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

That’s why it’s a startup. 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. As a corollary, cold call a VC and try and get them to sign an NDA before your first meeting. Ideas are a dime a dozen.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I love startups. What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner?

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Early Growth Financial Services

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Ryan Azlein, Partner with Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP, addresses three of the most pressing legal concerns for founders of mobile application companies. Originally posted on Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. For students, your startup is more like a resume-enhancing ‘extra-curricular’ than a regular job. No one funded us.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Urbanization of Startups. I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). Also all the big anchor companies that a startup might want to partner with at that time (eBay, Google, Oracle, Yahoo!,

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BeyondVC

MARCH 24, 2006

In addition, he felt pretty uncomfortable showing up to Google and having to sign an NDA on the spot, and then going into a meeting where people would walk in and out, sit on their laptop and take notes, and not even introduce themselves. Hmmm-it really does sound like Long Term Capital.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It includes an NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) that protects confidential information. This document is between business partners for the purpose of finalizing each side’s responsibilities and gains. Thus, it is vital to understand the importance of contract law. Gives Confidentiality. Partnership agreement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

Will a VC sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement)? NDAs would make it impossible to do business. Meet with one person from the firm – partner or associate. Meet with one person from the firm – partner or associate. If you can meet a partner up front it’s always best but sometimes it’s not possible.

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