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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

As examples, I present my list of ten of the most common ways entrepreneurs can be victimized by ignorance or greed, based on questions and stories I get from entrepreneurs and associates. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes.

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10 Scams To Avoid While Seeking New Venture Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

As examples, I present my list of ten of the most common ways entrepreneurs can be victimized by ignorance or greed, based on questions and stories I get from entrepreneurs and associates. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes.

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6 Success Stages Every Entrepreneur Idea Has To Pass

Startup Professionals Musings

Limit your disclosures to people you trust, and learn the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA). Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks.

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10 Ways Aspiring Entrepreneurs Are Often Victimized

Startup Professionals Musings

As examples, I present my list of ten of the most common ways entrepreneurs can be victimized by ignorance or greed, based on questions and stories I get from entrepreneurs and associates. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes.

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Shortcuts To Entrepreneur Funding Are Usually Scams

Startup Professionals Musings

As examples, I present my list of ten of the most common ways entrepreneurs can be victimized by ignorance or greed, based on questions and stories I get from entrepreneurs and associates. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

I remember presenting our ideas for Marketing Automation to one VP of Marketing in a large Silicon Valley company. I should have been suspicious when he said, “I’d like to take a copy of your presentation to show him.” We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

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5 Things You Should Never Say When Fundraising

Up and Running

Almost any attorney can break through a non disclosure agreement, so it doesn’t protect your ideas at the end of the day anyway. Presenting the formal plan comes later. I completely understand what is going on out there in the entrepreneurial world. It is often survival of the stealthiest, and yes ideas get stolen.