Steve Blank
DECEMBER 7, 2009
The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
www.seriesseed.com
DECEMBER 9, 2012
Series Seed Financing Documents Blog. Series Seed Financing Documents. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Series Seed Financing Documents : 1 Reblog. My quest is to simplify financing for seed stage investments. Series Seed Financing Documents. SeriesSeed.com. Blog Archives. Reblog (1). Recent Posts.
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www.virtuosimedia.com
MARCH 8, 2012
Sign that person to an NDA if necessary. If your presentation is compelling and detailed enough, you might be able to get them to become a full partner. Inflexibility – If you are bringing me on as a partner, I become equally interested in seeing it succeed. If it's not financially viable, abandon it. Red Flags Galore.
Up and Running
JULY 25, 2016
The forever-failing-upward “Big Head” had just opened his own incubator with some of the $20 million he received as severance from tech giant Hooli, and is eventually talked into partnering with fellow incubator Erlich Bachman, who brings little to the table beyond his desire to glom onto the success of others.
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 29, 2018
Bill Wood, founder of Silverton Partners and an early General Partner at Austin Ventures before, said something that got me thinking (quoting from the SiliconHills article ): Because it’s easy to startup a company and doesn’t take a lot of money, Silverton Partners sees more startups forming, Wood said. Yes, it is true?
cdixon.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
A note about NDAs: 1) almost no experienced entrepreneurs/VCs will sign them (in fact, you asking them too is widely considered a sign of inexperience), 2) It’s not clear they have any real value – are you really going to spend years suing someone who signed an NDA? link] Finance Geek » Mistakes that startups make. [.]
Up and Running
AUGUST 28, 2013
Asking for an NDA. Having fights with partners in the first year. Business Planning Finance James Altucher Techcrunch' Two of his 100 answers deal directly with how and how not to approach potential investors. The first answers the question “what is the sign of an amateur?” ” He says: . Worrying about dilution.
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