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More than just a document: the importance of bulletproof commercial contracts for startups

The Startup Magazine

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. Alison Berryman is a Senior Managing Lawyer at Biztech Lawyers.

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5 Things You Should Never Say When Fundraising

Up and Running

Every investor is well aware of early stage investing risks, and all investors know there is no success guarantee with any company. You must sign an NDA, too many of my ideas have been stolen”. When fundraising, business plans are always needed for the due diligence phase, mostly so your investor knows you did your homework.

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Protect Your Business Plan Like It’s Your Baby—Here’s How

Up and Running

Many companies in a position to invest in a future business will not sign an NDA; furthermore, it’s likely that your request for them to sign one will give the impression of a lack of professionalism and experience. Most often, business plans are used to raise money and acquire talent. Problems with formally protecting your IP.

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

Austin Startup

As I’ve mentioned in several Lucky7 posts before, we are living in the Golden Age of Technology ( here’s one of those posts ). Since I first wrote about the Golden Age in 2014, valuations for tech companies have only increased?—?rather Yes, they do fund very early-stage ideas! rather dramatically. We are glad we did.

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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

People at large related companies almost always think they have already built or are in the process of building all the good ideas – so your idea is either something they are already building (which is a good thing to discover early) or else they will dismiss it as a bad idea. (I I’ve personally never heard of it happening.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. Technology enthusiasts tend to get tangled up in enthusiasm for their chosen platforms, so wed like to provide an objective summary. PHP is insecure?