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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

What we are talking about is a spectrum of how you restrict early communications around your business: Who you will talk to including the public / press / etc. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. But generally I'm going to favor being open.

Startup 211
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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

What we are talking about is a spectrum of how you restrict early communications around your business: Who you will talk to including the public / press / etc. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. But generally I'm going to favor being open.

Startup 198
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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. They can then direct staff, allocate budgets, talk to the press, connect you with politicians and attend events. They need somebody bending their ears.