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by siegel 9y ago
Figured I'd offer the legal perspective on this question: For #1, how close to the "real word" is it? And how related is your app to the other one using the real word? Are you opening yourself up to a lawsuit from the compa
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by siegel 9y ago
If nothing else, more investor competition at the seed/A-stage is probably a good thing for startups. Still on the lookout for the normal seed/A-stage terms to get back to what they were maybe 2 years ago...This could help.
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by siegel 9y ago
Same boat. I was just going through boxes in my garage and came upon my old college math textbooks and some old exams/homework assignments. It was like gibberish. My plan was just to take a textbook and see if I can just relearn. Pr
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by siegel 9y ago
Nice line-up. Any folks on here going?
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by siegel 9y ago
You want someone who has experience in the industry that you work in. It sounds like,, if you are a tech person, the offers you are getting on this post are the right way to go. Don't look for some random resume writer out there.
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by siegel 9y ago
Sadly, that's not how it would work. Everything he's done would be legally valid. And the order of presidential succession would decide the next president.
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by siegel 9y ago
I was just kidding. No, I don't feel bad for him at all.
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by siegel 9y ago
My concern is that when the RNC was hacked, then Russians kept the material to blackmail the Republicans and so the Republicans will never act.
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by siegel 9y ago
At this point, I hope for his sake that the Russians are blackmailing or paying him. Because if he is sostupid to have done something like this at this point without some huge personal incentive, I almost have to feel bad for him. Almost..
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by siegel 9y ago
I do agree there are situations in which a non-compete could have value not only to a particular employer, but to the overall economy. The problems are: 1) Even in those situations, does the societal value outweigh the harm to the employees
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by siegel 9y ago
If you really enjoy it, then great. As long as you didn't keep at it for so many years merely as a way to meet women. But what else do you enjoy doing? There are meetups and organizations of people doing almost any activity out there
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by siegel 9y ago
Can I ask when you've devoted yourself to dancing classes/parties? Is it because you really enjoy it, apart from meeting women? Or is that a strategy?
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by siegel 9y ago
I sympathize with what you're saying. But if this were truly such a problem, wouldn't you expect jurisdictions that enforce non-competes to have a more robust startup ecosystem than jurisdictions that don't?
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by siegel 9y ago
There is a non-confrontational way to do this. Download the PDF, figure out what is making you uncomfortable (or hire a lawyer to review), and just send a list of concerns. Make them matter of fact, but not accusatory. This is assertive.
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by siegel 9y ago
Yes, it costs a lot of money to fight a lawsuit your former employee may bring against you. But you might not ever get there. In my experience, nasty employers will directly contact and threaten the employee's new employer, which can
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by siegel 9y ago
This is just not the way contract interpretation and enforcement works. It never has. The law has always recognized public policy considerations that sometimes outweigh the benefit of enforcing a particular contract. I'd be shocked if
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by siegel 9y ago
Actually, even in California, in the limited instances in which a non-compete is enforceable, being fired has no bearing on the non-compete's enforceability.
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by siegel 9y ago
Sadly, "right to work" laws have absolutely nothing to do with non-compete enforceability.
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by siegel 9y ago
Actually, a corporation can be found to have committed a crime. It can't go to prison, but there are other possible penalties. In some states, the corporation could even be dissolved if convicted of felonies. It can't happen in
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by siegel 9y ago
After reading Judge Alsup's opinion, I'd be very concerned if I were Uber. Certainly not sympathetic to Uber's arguments. That being said, I was a bit surprised by his decision. I was one of the attorneys for the prevailing
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by siegel 9y ago
The article somewhat overstates the significance of this case in terms of precedential value. On a procedural level, understand that this is a district court opinion and is not binding on any other court. Of course, if other courts find th
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by siegel 9y ago
Not what you're looking for, but strong recommendations: 1) Find your co-founder first. Much better for your negotiating position going forward. You may have a harder time bringing in a co-founder if your stock price is impacted by t
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by siegel 9y ago
Unfortunately, that's not universally true. But a smaller environment MAY have less politics and, even if it does, those politics may be easier to navigate.
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by siegel 9y ago
If anyone is charging you $10k+ to issue new shares, that's crazy!
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by siegel 9y ago
Perfect! Good thinking (intentional or not).
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by siegel 9y ago
If you agreed to this 50/50 split a while ago, then you could deem that an oral contract as of that date. If your revenue was less at that point, then you could justify a very low stock price (and, thus, a minimal or no tax burden).
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by siegel 9y ago
This seems like an incredibly odd strategy and unlikely to be successful. Not a bankruptcy lawyer, but I'm not sure what they are hoping to achieve. Yes, the automatic stay would temporarily prevent BrightEdge from obtaining injuncti
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by siegel 9y ago
This is only possible if the contract is with him individually, instead of an entity he created. In most places, a business entity cannot represent itself in court. It needs to hire a lawyer.
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by siegel 9y ago
Just to clarify, I think focusing on threats to sue them for the debt are overly narrow. Depending on what they are doing with the IP (if anything), you have potential copyright infringement claims. Those claims carry with them the potent
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by siegel 9y ago
Two questions that might help in framing a response: 1) are they already already using the code you developed? 2) if so, in what manner? Is it an in-house tool for them? A platform they are using to provide services? Some sort of code that&

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