SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? He left out capital sources, but it's still a pretty succinct list of the types of people / communication you should be having early stage.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? He left out capital sources, but it's still a pretty succinct list of the types of people / communication you should be having early stage.
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The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 21, 2023
And in certain situations, the low-cost approach makes perfect sense… A template NDA may fit the bill for early discussions with third parties, while a fairly generic employment contract may mean that enough is being done to ensure legal compliance.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
To prevent this and protect your most valuable assets in the early stages of entrepreneurship, here are the best ways to pitch while shielding your startup from exploitation. Use an NDA. Of course as soon as you share your innovative concepts with third parties, you put them at risk of being emulated, adapted or outright copied.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 7, 2016
Most early-stage companies have little registered intellectual property, such as patents. A common dilemma facing early-stage companies is that their success depends on explaining their technology to investors, potential clients and partners. Does my company own its intellectual property?
onstartups.com
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Startup Reality Distortion #3: The Fallacy Of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). In my role as angel investor and informal startup advisor, the issue of NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) comes up about once or twice a month. . It is likely that a lot has been written regarding NDAs from an investor’s/VC’s perspective.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
To learn some common legal pitfalls we’d all be better off avoiding, we asked nine founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) what unexpected things they found themselves needing lawyers for in the early stages of their startups. Here’s what they had to say: 1. Immigration. When it comes to the U.S. Term Sheets.
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