Naming NDA Startup Venture Capital 
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. 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. See part one for the first time it happened. This time it was serious.
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This is going to be BIG.
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. But that’s the name of my company!” Yes, yes it is… but that’s also the startup equivalent of putting “MBA” after your last name on a business card. No, it’s just Apple.
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.
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. Your sell sheet should include: Your product name. A benefit statement.
www.frozennorth.org
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
AIM Screen Name: DFNfrozenNorth. The cult of the NDA. To all those entrepreneurs with innovative, unique business ideas who want to capitalize on them before someone else does, I have one piece of advice: Get over it. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) were the order of the day. Why the cult of the NDA? Categories.
venturebeat.com
MARCH 8, 2011
I’ve been on both sides of the table: I’ve done a startup while working and I’ve employed people who either were or are very capable of having their own startup on the side. A startup already generates an infinite amount of work. If managed improperly, you’re unnecessarily risking lawsuits and worse.
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