A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a Austin-based startup founder on Skype. We talked about oDesk, Elance and the new UpWork service. I made the prediction UpWork would become the eventual platform and that we would see the exit of Elance just like oDesk. Based on the following email I just received it looks… Continue reading
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Non-Disclosure Agreements: The Assassins of Portfolios
NDAs suck! There I said it. Don’t get me wrong, non-disclosure agreements are very useful “should” you have a need to keep under wraps a real trade secret or “secret sauce.” Examples of this would be Google’s ranking algorithm or the recipe to Bush’s Baked Beans. But do you think either of those companies would… Continue reading