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Veering Off the Beaten Path Into Murky Legal Waters

Path, a high-profile San Francisco social media startup, ignited a firestorm this week with the revelation that its mobile application uploads users’ entire iPhone address books to the company’s servers without their knowledge or permission.  The practice, discovered by Singapore developer Arun Thampi, provoked outrage within the user community and was broadly condemned by the tech business press.  Jon Mitchell at ReadWriteWeb wrote that […]
Antone Johnson
Antone Johnson , Founding Principal , Bottom Line Law Group
9 Feb 2012
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Do You Know When To Bootstrap and When Not?

A couple of days ago a friend asked me whether I’m in favor of startups getting angel investment. He pointed out this post on this blog, which is me writing about five good reasons not to seek investment. My answer is that – like so much else in this field – it depends on the specific situation. […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder , Palo Alto Software
8 Feb 2012
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National CleanTech Syndication Kick-off at ACA Summit

The Funding Gap between typical angel rounds ($250-$750K) and average venture round of $7-8 million is really difficult to bridge.   Over the past five years, angel group leaders have found that syndicating deals with neighboring angel groups and other early stage investors has several distinct advantages: More investors can be made aware of interesting deal to close […]
Bill Payne
Bill Payne , Angel Investor , Frontier Angel Fund
7 Feb 2012
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No, I will not sign your non-disclosure agreement.

Entrepreneurs are often surprised when investors refuse to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) or confidentiality agreement when offered an opportunity to read the entrepreneurs’ new business plans.  After all, every new startup features secret ideas, partnerships, intellectual property and/or technology. Why won’t investors sign NDAs?  Investors are pitched for funding by as many as 5,000 startup companies per […]
Bill Payne
Bill Payne , Angel Investor , Frontier Angel Fund
6 Feb 2012
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Here is Why You Need a Good Startup Exit Strategy

If you startup is your dream, why would you want to think about an exit? It’s going to be so successful and so much fun that you don’t need to think about what comes after. Wrong. There are two very real and practical reasons why you need to plan an exit: Outside investors want to . […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
6 Feb 2012
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