In my journey as an entrepreneur and being apart of different early stage ideas I began to question how I could protect my idea. Whats stopping someone from completely stealing my concepts, logos, processes? The realization came when I started to work with others on the idea via Upwork and Fivver. These websites allow for you to build out concepts of your idea in many different forms by hiring a freelancer to do it for you. Using these sites was about me furthering the idea and at the same time I wondered about why it was challenging to figure out if I was protected or not via the company. Did I need my own non-disclosure agreement. In researching Upwork, which is the website used consistently in my process of developing ideas, I found out they offer suggestions to make sure you have whoever is working with you sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) also known as an IP Assignment. I came to the conclusion that I felt uneasy about giving someone my information about the idea and ...
Legal Questions from an Entrepreneur