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originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: DigginFoTroof
The way to make a million dollars is to start a company with two million dollars of investment money.
originally posted by: olaru12
It's been my experience when dealing with venture capitalist of all flavors; have your legal team in place first with iron clad contracts and plenty of insurance. Non disclosure, Errors and omission, to keep from having the intellectual property stolen from under your nose...... Then start the money chase.
Good Luck!!
Perhaps starting the non profit with foundation backing would be the most prudent beginning. There is plenty of foundation money available if you want to jump thru their hoops. I find hiring a professional grant writer to do all the hoop jumping is money well spent!!
originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
originally posted by: olaru12
It's been my experience when dealing with venture capitalist of all flavors; have your legal team in place first with iron clad contracts and plenty of insurance. Non disclosure, Errors and omission, to keep from having the intellectual property stolen from under your nose...... Then start the money chase.
Good Luck!!
Perhaps starting the non profit with foundation backing would be the most prudent beginning. There is plenty of foundation money available if you want to jump thru their hoops. I find hiring a professional grant writer to do all the hoop jumping is money well spent!!
I just spent some time talking to a grant writer yesterday for about an hour. She was really excited about the idea b/c the grants have been available for years but there have been no takers (IDK if that is a bad sign or not), but you have to be NFP, so there is that. I am worried about protecting IP and having ideas stolen, it's happened to me a couple times and it really sucks. Costs way more than I had to fight it so what can you do.