Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

I was out and about in Silicon Valley doing what I would now call Customer Discovery trying to understand how marketing departments in large corporations worked. I remember presenting our ideas for Marketing Automation to one VP of Marketing in a large Silicon Valley company. It’s just a story about what happened to me.

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2016

Of all the television shows that center around businesses, none feel closer to reality than HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” The Hooli CEO wants to know who violated their NDA in leaking the story, and begins to exert pressure on the blogger to give up her source or face a lawsuit for libel. Image via HBO.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I was fortunate to live in Silicon Valley for six years before moving to “Silicon Hills” in 1997?—?having I will never forget what you told me in 2008 when I asked your advice on signing a NDA with the VCs before sharing our deck. I read your blog over the weekend and am inspired to add my two cents. Yes, it is true?

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Should I require and NDA? I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company). How can we attract attention from investors and press in silicon valley without moving there? You don’t need to move to Silicon Valley. Then launch.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? Topics: Business , Silicon Valley , Starting Your Startup , Startups , Tech , vc. Guarding The "Big Idea". I was totally guilty of this back in the day. Load Comments. Powered by Livefyre.

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