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What intellectual property (IP) steps should a startup take?

NZ Entrepreneur

I was involved with the preparation of an investment disclosure statement for a well-known New Zealand company that wanted to raise capital to expand their service into the US. Within the space of three hours of searching the US patent office database, I found a show-stopper patent owned by a US company.

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Cloud Tools: Useful PDF Forms For Business and Education

The Startup Magazine

The nondisclosure agreement is a written contract, in which a Disclosing Party binds a recipient of confidential information from releasing it to a third party or to the general public. You can download the non-disclosure agreement form to stay on the safe side. Spreadsheet Database.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

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. The non-disclosure agreement (NDA). They even have a community and a marketplace.

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13 Helpful Organization and Productivity Apps For Small Businesses

crowdSPRING Blog

Airtable describes itself as “part spreadsheet, part database,” but there’s a lot more going on than just a replacement for Excel. Quip is a fantastic way to work with all of the standard documents a small business relies on with robust collaboration features and app integration. Free trial, prices start at $30/month for 5 users.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Speaking from experience: My mate paid someone to build him a database-driven website. In addition to showing him what to do, I also pointed out the vulnerabilities and demonstrated how easy it was to login into the admin area of his site without knowing any username or password or database table or column names. So is database design.