Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 29, 2017
As an advisor to entrepreneurs, I often have to deal with people who are convinced that they must get me to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) before they begin talks about their new venture. Here are my guidelines for when a signed agreement is required, versus other alternatives: Insist on a two-way NDA for partner negotiations.
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. Getting a $100 Million valuation is impossible for a startup. So, I reviewed the NDA.
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Steve Blank
DECEMBER 10, 2009
That changed when I joined the board of a startup, and we sued Microsoft and Sony on the same day for patent infringement – and won $120 million. At one of my entrepreneurship classes at Stanford, Dan Dorosin , of Fenwick & West LLP guest lectures about startups and Intellectual Property. Contract, NDA. _. Outside the U.S.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 7, 2009
Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). We concluded that, at least for us in this market, an NDA would be a bigger impediment than asset. This time it was serious.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 24, 2015
Thus, based on my experience as an entrepreneur as well as a startup investor, there are indeed situations where a non-disclosure is highly recommended, and others where the potential good far outweighs the risk. CDA entrepreneur idea NDA non-disclosure startup' Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 1/16/2015.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2022
The same is true in the startup world, where there are definitely things that signal that someone is pretty unfamiliar and inexperienced with this space. Yes, yes it is… but that’s also the startup equivalent of putting “MBA” after your last name on a business card. There will be others—like don’t ask a VC to sign an NDA.
cdixon.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. I have a personal diligence rule that when speaking to people at large companies, the facts that they tell you are very useful but their opinions about startup ideas no more valuable than any other smart person’s opinions). Peter Coles. Jon Russell. Jonah Peretti. Lauren Leto.
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