Growthink Blog
MAY 20, 2011
So, Mike tells me he wants to raise a first round of venture capital based on a $100 million valuation. Now, anyone who knows anything about venture capital will literally laugh when they read a line like that. However, his law firm had created a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for me to sign before we could start.
David Teten
AUGUST 7, 2019
Today, some Momentum-centric venture capital investors have high paper returns. Simple reason: most of them have known only a rising market in their careers, and in such a market the companies that are already hot can usually raise more capital and force growth. Remember how they all said they wouldn’t sign an NDA?
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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).
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. [.]
venturebeat.com
MARCH 8, 2011
fredrick peterson Hello we are Loan lender and a cooperate financial for real estate and all types of business financing. I was also searching for a new job and next week I will start work for a new employer and in their NDA I have mentioned the name of my incorporated company as "prior invention/copyright work".
thestartuplawyer.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
About the Author Ryan Roberts is a startup lawyer and represents technology companies through all phases of the startup process, including incorporation, seed & venture financings, and exit transactions. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. Click here to learn more about his practice.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 11, 2011
If you want a very quick primer on all the stuff nobody ever tells you about raising venture capital check out this video where Mark Jeffrey & I break it down on This Week in VC. Will a VC sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement)? NDAs would make it impossible to do business. Asking for one to be signed shows naïveté.
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