What Should Be In Your NDA?
Everyone wants a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) template in their pocket. What should be in your NDA? What Laws Apply? Every company starts... Read More
Business Value Is Created By Ideas Not Labor – Business Valuation Lawyer in VA
Entrepreneurs want to create business value. How do you do that? Working with an experienced business valuation lawyer is a great start,... Read More
Protect Your Business Without A Non-Compete Clause
Therese’s software company had a competitive advantage…until one of her employees quit and took her product source code with him…then started a competing company... Read More
Employee Engagement–Beat The Odds
A January Gallup poll reported that only 31.5% of the corporate workforce is engaged, 51% is not engaged and 17.5% is actively disengaged. I suggest that you... Read More
Federal Trade Secret Protection
Trade Secret is one of the four forms of intellectual property, and until today it was the only one of the four that did... Read More
What You Should Be Working On Right Now, Part II
Start this new year with a plan to create value in your company every day by improving your Trade Secrets. This post... Read More
What You Should Be Working On Right Now, Part I
This post is the first part of a series on the most important thing you—the entrepreneur, or soon to be one—should be... Read More
Employees Or Independent Contractors For Your Tech Company
Starting a technology company may be rewarding, but there are a lot of considerations. Tech companies’ ideas are routinely stolen and re-purposed; they often must... Read More
Why An NDA Is Not Enough To Protect Your Ideas
Your company was founded to take advantage of ideas — but you will likely need help to execute your plan for monetizing... Read More
NDA and Trade Secrets vs. An Intellectual Property Plan
I get requests for free Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) templates all the time. If contracts were food, template NDAs would be junk food:... Read More
Self Protect When Dealing With Big Partners
If you have a product to sell, chances are you have one major customer with whom you have partnered–a company with a... Read More