Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2015

In today’s world of rapid innovation and new technologies, any individual or company should be hesitant to sign an agreement that limits their activities for 10 years or more. CDA entrepreneur idea NDA non-disclosure startup' Select a reasonable agreement duration. In most cases, a term of two to five years should be adequate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2021

Look hard at the technology for feasibility and risk. 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. Keep thieves away (protect it).

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). And we figured that unless litigation was going to be our business strategy, NDA’s would have inhibited the back-and-forth that made us smarter. In Customer Discovery we were learning as much from them as they did from us.

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Transformify

JUNE 15, 2021

Next, check whether you are planning to sign a contract or NDA. All the companies who have not implemented FMS will see themselves losing to the despairs of technology. Every company comes with a different set of onboarding rules. Before hiring freelancers, give a check on their background and the jobs they did.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate) « Upgraded your iPhone to OS 3 but files are missing? We think the most important principle is that the CTO is the go-to point for all technology in the business.

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

We want to use our proprietary technology and network to tap the relevant players to take the relevant steps forward; and identify, document, and disseminate best practices. Although we envision we initially use our technology for a political purpose, that’s only the test case and that alone is nearly a $20 billion market. A nonprofit?

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

We want to use our proprietary technology and network to tap the relevant players to take the relevant steps forward; and identify, document, and disseminate best practices. Although we envision we initially use our technology for a political purpose, that’s only the test case and that alone is nearly a $20 billion market. .

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 28, 2020

Non-disclosure agreements, or NDA’s, are vital when you’re disclosing new ideas or information to people outside your business. Without a written agreement, you may find yourself in a tricky ‘we said, they said’ situation with obligations that go way beyond those of the typical NDA.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The cult of the NDA. Every one of these companies believed they had a unique idea, either a piece of technology, a business model, or a way of building a product. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) were the order of the day. Why the cult of the NDA? (in)Frequently Asked Questions. AIM Screen Name: DFNfrozenNorth.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2015

Every business, whether or not it has a ‘secret recipe’ or highly specialized technology, almost certainly has information that gives it a competitive advantage, and it usually has to be shared with employees who may not be around tomorrow. The good news is there are ways to mitigate the risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

human resources, technology, legal, and information technology) as needed. It will be a long time before you have in-house counsel, and you can’t afford an outside law firm for every NDA to sign. The differences are just as apparent in the financials as they are in technology.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Many companies in a position to invest in a future business will not sign an NDA; furthermore, it’s likely that your request for them to sign one will give the impression of a lack of professionalism and experience. Most often, business plans are used to raise money and acquire talent.

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I hired a lawyer, and he gave us an NDA template and told us that anyone that had knowledge of our proprietary data had to sign it. As I reached out to successful investors and entrepreneurs, I made each of them signed my nifty NDA. I thought up a great idea 20 years ago, but there was no technology to make it work.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2016

Under What Conditions Can I Discuss My Technology? A common dilemma facing early-stage companies is that their success depends on explaining their technology to investors, potential clients and partners. A company needs a well-thought-out patent application on file, or a signed NDA to protect against potential loss of patent rights.

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SVPG

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

But before I go any further, I want to emphasize the most important point for technology companies: If you stop moving forward you will die. Or we’ll utilize our Customer Development Program customers that are under NDA. Sometimes we need to be even more conservative and we’ll do an invitation-only live-data test.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

human resources, technology, legal, and information technology) as needed. It will be a long time before you have in-house counsel, and you can’t afford an outside law firm for every NDA to sign. The differences are just as apparent in the financials as they are in technology.

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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. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc. Each situation is just a bit different.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

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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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

Look hard at the technology for feasibility and risk. 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. Keep thieves away (protect it).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Look hard at the technology for feasibility and risk. 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. Keep thieves away (protect it).

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

human resources, technology, legal, and information technology) as needed. It will be a long time before you have in-house counsel, and you can’t afford an outside law firm for every NDA to sign. The differences are just as apparent in the financials as they are in technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

human resources, technology, legal, and information technology) as needed. It will be a long time before you have in-house counsel, and you can’t afford an outside law firm for every NDA to sign. The differences are just as apparent in the financials as they are in technology.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 10, 2012

We’ve talked as a group about this frequently, but it merits another mention because we’ve seen a marked increase in the number of people that have various approached members of the team with questions that quickly get to the heart of our core technology. They pay compliments, they smile, they flatter, etc.,

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2013

In order to launch a successful business and raise the capital needed to do so, a startup needs to consider several aspects of the business including the management team , the size of the opportunity, the product/service/technology, the market/sales/distribution channels, the competitive environment and several other factors. NDA Insistence.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

As I’ve mentioned in several Lucky7 posts before, we are living in the Golden Age of Technology ( here’s one of those posts ). It is a lot harder to get a valid interview of a candidate in a company significantly smaller/lower on the technology ladder than where the candidate is coming from. rather dramatically. We are glad we did.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

Look hard at the technology for feasibility and risk. 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. Keep thieves away (protect it).

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Patents can be a key asset for a company, and their importance depends on a number of factors including the nature of the technology, the business model and the type of funding required. Others use patents more aggressively to seek out joint ventures and licensing opportunities or to merely protect their own patch in the market.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 18, 2011

Why would you put a several day process in place with dozens of interviews starting by forcing the applicant to sign an NDA? You are aware that developers right now get a lot of offers. I've declined a few job offers after the interview and the reasons were much the same that makes job listings ineffective: Impersonal.

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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. Darnell Dashket.

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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.) Len asked me softball questions about myself, Feld Technologies, what we did, how we did it, how many people we had, and what our backgrounds were. I was nervous.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? is the largest independent online news site dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and technology. Guarding The "Big Idea". I was totally guilty of this back in the day. Powered by Livefyre.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Attend meetings in your area for entrepreneurs in technology and you will find that there are many people who might just be looking for this kind of position. This questions gives you a good impression of how they follow the latest trends and technologies. Although it’s unlikely that the developer will “steal” it, have him sign a NDA.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. Technology enthusiasts tend to get tangled up in enthusiasm for their chosen platforms, so wed like to provide an objective summary. PHP is insecure?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 22, 2010

VP of Technology at Vignette. A proven technology entrepreneur and executive. We assume they mean technology services, and not consulting services. Should you guys wish to give my the juicy details, I don’t sign NDA’s but I can keep a good secret. plus venture level money from DFJ Mercury.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I have great technology and it’s patented – its not a science competition- if a start up talks about their patents too much, something must be weak about with the product. I don’t want to share my idea because someone might steal it – the benefit of sharing is greater than detriment- investors won’t sign an NDA.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The market price is less than the inconvenience of signing an NDA. Its not what people learn in classes at MIT and Stanford that has made technology companiesspring up around them. In a technology startup, which most startups are, the foundersshould include technical people. Its the same with technology.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

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. Technical issues are fixed for Firefox users (thanks Rob for the comment). Posted by: twang | 03/02/2010 at 10:47 AM. Ted: Great service to the startup community!

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