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Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs - Sweet Sixteen Kisses of Death

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Just as Batman repeatedly avoids Poison Ivy’s kiss of death, so too must entrepreneurs avoid the Kiss of Death provisions which BDCs attempt to include in their agreements. If you do your job well, the BDC negotiators will consider you to be a “Bro” – a colleague with whom they have a strong, personal relationship. Oh, but you scoff.

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ConTraps Part IV – Avoid Exclusion From Future Revenue Opportunities

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As noted in Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid , exclusivity can kill a small company. As noted in Alliances , startups with compelling technologies can often form an alliance of partners around their unique solutions. If my Bro Foe proposed excludesivity, I would joke and say, “I am sorry, that is my trick ear.