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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

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He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. The answer?

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One More Time: No NDAs

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The same goes for "non-competes" or non- solicitation covenants. But I would say that presenting an NDA is not amateurish; sometimes a business person is required by investors or primes to do so. What is amateurish is presenting poorly written or lopsided ones. Ultimately, trust is not new and always has been important. zuccaro.joe. |

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

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From the Work Less Party, Tom Walkers Prosperity Covenant : That output does not rise or fall in direct proportion to the number of hours worked is a lesson that seemingly has to be relearned each generation. Psychophysics in Cyberia , Work Less Institute of Technology, November 18, 2004. Prosperity Covenant , Tom Walker.