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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Pump and dump stock schemes. Delete the message.

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10 Scams To Avoid While Seeking New Venture Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Pump and dump stock schemes. Delete the message.

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10 Ways Aspiring Entrepreneurs Are Often Victimized

Startup Professionals Musings

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Pump and dump stock schemes. Delete the message.

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Shortcuts To Entrepreneur Funding Are Usually Scams

Startup Professionals Musings

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers. Pump and dump stock schemes. Delete the message.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. A contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. a Non Disclosure Agreement gives you certain rights to protection of your confidential information.) Posted in Technology, Venture Capital.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Trademarks , which we touched on last week, are brand and product names, graphic logos, slogans, taglines, and other indicators of origin of the goods or services in question. Hence this “Cliff’s Notes” refresher, to be followed by a discussion of why it matters.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Are These Your Slides? Thanks for sharing you personal experience.