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Do you need an advisory board?

Berkonomics

University professors, industry gurus, lawyers familiar with patent law and former executives of competitor companies are typical recruits you might consider. Usually, you would want to create an advisory board to fill in the critical areas of need not evidenced in the board of directors or within the company itself.

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Source: Adaptec Shutting Down Lake Forest Site

socalTECH

Storage hardware developer Adaptec is shutting down its Lake Forest, Orange County site, according to sources close to the company. No details on the shutdown have been given, and Adaptec has not returned emails and phone calls requesting confirmation of the move.

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How would you like a great advisory board?

Berkonomics

University professors, industry gurus, lawyers familiar with patent law and former executives of competitor companies are typical recruits you might consider. Email readers, continue here…]. How many advisors should you seek for a board?

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Surround yourself with great, sharing advisors.

Berkonomics

University professors, industry gurus, lawyers familiar with patent law and former executives of competitor companies are typical recruits to an advisory board. Email readers continue here.] I sit on a board of a company with potentially valuable patents that it is exploiting aggressively.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea. Since you won’t sign an NDA, you agree that by reading beyond this paragraph you are agreeing not to share my idea with anyone, forward this email to anyone, or discuss the idea without my consent. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. False Confidence.

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Interview with Ryan Scott, CauseCast

socalTECH

Ryan is a serial entrepreneur, having previously co-founded email marketer NetCreations, and also has been an angel investor in local startups. The first one we launched was with Corporate Responsibility Magazine, where the top 100 corporate citizens will be on their web site. Ryan Scott: We focus on a couple of things.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea. Since you won’t sign an NDA, you agree that by reading beyond this paragraph you are agreeing not to share my idea with anyone, forward this email to anyone, or discuss the idea without my consent. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. False Confidence.

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