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Burning it down on the way out – how can non-tech founders protect themselves?

Hi all,

As the title suggest, I'm writing in hopes of assistance with solving a problem that many of us "non-technical" founders face -- a technical person has all the leverage to make a lot of crummy things happen to a business overnight.

People can put trust in their team members, but let's face it -- shit happens, and when it does, it would be nice to know that the owners are going to stay the owners and the IP/code stays with the company.

What should we do that doesn't seem accusatory and scream "the sky is falling"?

SO... Non-Technical Founders: What are some techniques that you have used / seen to help with this?

Technical Founders/Tech people:

What are some things that you've thought to yourself "These idiots don't realize I can just X,Y,Z" or "If they were smart, they would/wouldn't have done X"

What about legal things? Different tools/software? Procedures?

I couldn't find any information on this topic, so anything would be useful.

8 points throwawayCCCC 7 years ago 6 comments

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