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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees.

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10 Scams To Avoid While Seeking New Venture Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees.

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10 Ways Aspiring Entrepreneurs Are Often Victimized

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees.

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Shortcuts To Entrepreneur Funding Are Usually Scams

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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Apart from registration issues, which are beyond the scope of this post, there are three main tools commonly used: Non-disclosure Agreements ( NDAs or confidentiality agreements) are used (some would say overused) for many reasons, but one of them is to maintain trade secret status when sharing information with external parties.

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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

No matter what you do, you want to make sure that in the process that you protect your intellectual property, have non-disclosure agreements in place, if possible non-circumvents. What is a huge success for me in the terms? Lock down rights and security.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

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Drop into a store that you think would be a great candidate for stocking your product in the future. If you want to explain your idea to someone in-depth and are worried potential theft, you can get them to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)—a legal document that states both parties intent to keep information confidential.