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. Posted in Technology, Venture Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

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. Work at home to fund your startup. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

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. Work at home to fund your startup. Off-shore unsolicited investor offers.

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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). See part one for the first time it happened. This time it was serious. It’s just a story about what happened to me.

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Tech startups are at the other extreme. The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description. Instagram is a textbook example.)

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 18, 2020

This article is the second of a three-part series by Dr Sudhanshu Ayyagari that focuses on the importance of intellectual property for startup companies. Intellectual property rights are an indispensable consideration in ensuring your startup has the best possibility to succeed in the future. ii) Using open source software.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Absent an agreement to maintain confidentiality, disclosing your idea to family and friends may constitute a public disclosure that disqualifies you from patent protection. Make sure that you have protected your intellectual property and/or have the investors sign a non-disclosure agreement before revealing the specifics of your idea.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

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. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. The non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) were the order of the day. One startup even printed its NDA on the back of visitors badges, just like a software "shrink wrap" agreement: "By accepting this visitors badge, you agree to the terms of this Non-Disclosure Agreement." magazine.

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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. What is the VC process?

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