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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

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.? This will only be disclosed when there is an NDA in place. Lots of thoughts here. How Stealthy Should You Be? Long live stealth mode!

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

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.? This will only be disclosed when there is an NDA in place. Lots of thoughts here. How Stealthy Should You Be? Long live stealth mode!

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

By unusual coincidence, this week I had a number of different folks ask me to sign NDA s about the new projects theyre working on. But signing an NDA ? If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. Your price may affect business operations. The non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Your price positions you in the market.

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Business Owners Need To Understand Intellectual Property Law

YoungUpstarts

A common dilemma facing early-stage companies is that their success depends on explaining their technology to investors, potential clients and partners. A company needs a well-thought-out patent application on file, or a signed NDA to protect against potential loss of patent rights. Should I file a Provisional Patent Application?

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How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

www.virtuosimedia.com

Don’t forget to factor in operating overhead including accounting, legal, insurance, etc. 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. If it's not financially viable, abandon it. Rework it as necessary.

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

Ensure staff, partners, customers, and board understand the business technological vision. Tactical Draw-up and control complete IT operational and capital expenditure budgets for IT. Past responsibility for operational and capital budgets in excess of $1M, confidence with budgeting and spend planning.