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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

I’ve recruited an Advisory Board including officials from the CIA and the State Department; leaders from major family offices; and a former major party Presidential candidate. . I do not require an NDA, assuming you have relevant qualifications. I’m a VC with 8 years of experience; more about me here.

America 60
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Worked Up about Unrealistic Venture Capital Valuation

Growthink Blog

However, his law firm had created a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for me to sign before we could start. So, I reviewed the NDA. And I found the NDA really couldn't be signed. Now, I told Mike that I would sign his NDA if he put in some standard NDA clauses (like a time restriction). Like getting customer traction.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

I’ve recruited an Advisory Board including officials from the CIA and the State Department; leaders from major family offices; and a former major party Presidential candidate. . I do not require an NDA. I’m a VC in New York with 8 years of experience; more about me here. Q: What have you built so far?

America 60
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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #11: New Year’s advice for middle-aged people

Austin Startup

Step Five: Have the humility and self-awareness to surround yourself with great mentors, from your angel investors, to your VC investors, to your Advisory Board, to your Board of Directors, and to your CEO or executive coach. You are really going to need them. Yes, it is true?

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The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs

VC Cafe

My advisory board matters – if you mention you’re advisors too much, there’s something wrong with the team. 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. Choose a niche and own it.

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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

20 Required NDA to continue – a nonstarter 50 Couldn’t sell him 15 Couldn’t explain why they wanted him involved In our conversation together, David and I spent a fair bit of time discussing the fact that a lot of people really didn’t know what he could do for them. Some weeks might end up being pretty much full-time on a single startup (e.g.,

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

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.