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Almost by instinct, entrepreneurs jealously guard their business ideas. But today's tech innovators are under pressure to open up about their secrets.

In an era of social media and online app development, startups seeking capital face an uncomfortable reality: the need to disclose details of their plans to investors without assurances of confidentiality. But investors aren't the only inquiring minds prying for details nowadays: As the startup cocktail circuit heats up around Chicago, entrepreneurs are increasingly expected to banter about their concepts with staffers, peers and rivals.

So what's an entrepreneur with a relatively healthy degree of paranoia to do?

There is almost no such thing as a first-mover advantage in the hyper-speed age of 21st-century digital development, and that's especially true in Chicago's relatively small tech startup community, people in the arena say. It's a mantra that entrepreneurs eager for financing have had to accept amid intense competition for limited venture capital and angel investor dollars.

“It's much less about confidentiality now than it used to be,” says Jeffrey Hechtman, an attorney who advises entrepreneurs and investors at Chicago law firm Horwood Marcus & Berk.

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Very few venture capitalists in Chicago and elsewhere will sign nondisclosure agreements, mainly because they review many plans and it would make them susceptible to all sorts of legal actions, they say.

When you first start talking to investors, you tend to be protective of your new business ideas, says Marc Halpin, who just raised funds for his second startup, Chicago-based Kapow Events Inc.

“Knowing that you need their money—you have to sell the idea,” says Mr. Halpin, a co-founder and CEO of Kapow. “That instinct kind of takes over.”

quote|Kapow Events' Marc Halpin
' Knowing that you need their money — you have to sell the idea. That instinct kind of takes over.'
In recent meetings with about 15 venture capitalists in Chicago and on the West Coast, there were only one or two situations where Mr. Halpin says he felt uncomfortable sharing some information, suspecting it could be passed along to a competitor.

Knowing the other companies a venture capitalist has invested in and being strategic about which VCs to approach reduces that concern, Mr. Halpin says. Kapow last month raised $700,000 from Chicago-based I2A and Firestarter funds as well as some angel investors.

“One needs to do a lot of due diligence on a potential investor before showing up and laying out something that the entrepreneur considers to be confidential,” says Dan Hess, founder and CEO of Chicago-based deal-shopping tools company LocalOffer Network, which has raised money from local investors. “That said, any investor that's been around for any extended period of time, generally speaking, has done so because of their integrity in dealing with entrepreneurs.”

FINDING FEEDBACK

A greater threat to a fresh idea may be the information passed among entrepreneurs themselves at the many networking events catering to the tight Chicago community, Mr. Halpin says.

“We're all hungry for information,” he says.


Shawn Carpenter, CEO of online investment tools company YCharts Inc. Photo: Erik Unger

Shawn Carpenter, CEO and co-founder of Chicago-based financial information charting company YCharts Inc., says he has found that sharing information tends to be more helpful than hurtful.

“I quickly realized the more feedback I got, the better the chance of the idea working,” Mr. Carpenter says.

The idea itself is “a small fraction of what we're doing,” he says, contending that picking the right team and executing the idea well are more important in the long run. Last November, YCharts raised $3.3 million from an investment group led by Chicago-based Morningstar Inc.

To be sure, some entrepreneurs nurturing new ideas are still leery of disclosing too much too soon. Nicole Apple, a Chicago entrepreneur, worked for more than a decade in the dog-eat-dog advertising world, and she's keeping her business idea for a digital women's fashion aid under wraps.

“I've been really protective of the idea, and that's hard to do in technology because there's such a culture of openness and collaboration,” says Ms. Apple, who left her post as a client account director at Ogilvy & Mather this year to devote herself full time to developing her idea (and raising her three young kids). “There's such a huge value in ideas, and when you have a unique idea you want to protect it.”

Ms. Apple is working with two partners, but anyone else who works for the business has to sign a nondisclosure agreement; she's inclined to ask future potential investors to do so, too. She hopes to have a beta test of the business by year-end and will make a final decision on how to approach funding after that dry run.

NEEDED: UNIQUE IDEAS

Skokie entrepreneur Jeff Hyman, who's building his second online business—a weight-loss management company called RetrofitMe LLC, after selling his first online recruiting business in 2005 to executive search firm Spencer Stuart—gets that sentiment.

“It's their baby, so there's a lot of emotion around it,” he says. He felt much the same way in his first round of fundraising in California, as he pitched investors on Silicon Valley's renowned Sand Hill Road.


Skokie entrepreneur Jeff Hyman, founder of weight-loss management company RetrofitMe LLC
Photo: John R. Boehm

After five rounds of fundraising for his two startups, he says he has met some unscrupulous people in the investor ranks. Still, he has concluded there's no way to keep your business a secret if you want it to succeed. The trick is to share information selectively, with people you've researched and trust, Mr. Hyman says.

“There's no such thing as a unique idea anymore,” says Michael Marasco, director of the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northwestern University and an investor with the school-affiliated Wildcat Angels.

He points to his student Nikhil Sethi as an example. Mr. Sethi wanted to create a social media consultancy that sold its services to major advertising firms. That's not an original idea, but he had a very specific strategy in mind for pursuing it, Mr. Marasco says.

Mr. Sethi moved to New York from Evanston to get a job with an agency that he knew eventually could connect him to potential customers and raised money from people associated with major brands. In 2010, he co-founded Adaptly, and he raised $10.5 million in May after landing $2.7 million earlier.

Steve Kaplan, a University of Chicago professor who has overseen the school's New Venture Challenge—where students compete to raise money for their concepts—says he has rarely, if ever, heard of a good idea being stolen.

What may look at first blush like stealing may simply be coincidence, he says, as many individuals rush to fulfill similar unmet needs in the marketplace. “The fact is, other people are doing the same business model,” Mr. Kaplan says. “They're not all going to succeed.”
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- Marc Halpin's Chicago startup, Kapow Events, raised $700,000 from VCs and angel investors. - John R. BoehmPhoto by John R. Boehm Marc Halpin's Chicago startup, Kapow Events, raised $700,000 from VCs and angel investors.Almost by instinct, entrepreneurs jealously guard their business ideas. But today's tech innovators are under pressure to open up about their secrets.In an era of social media and online app development, startups seeking capital face an uncomfortable reality: the need to disclose details of their plans to investors without assurances of confidentiality. But investors aren't the only inquiring minds prying for details nowadays: As the startup cocktail circuit heats up around Chicago, entrepreneurs are increasingly expected to banter about their concepts with staffers, peers and rivals.So what's an entrepreneur with a relatively healthy degree of paranoia to do?There is almost no such thing as a first-mover advantage in the hyper-speed age of 21st-century digital development, and that's especially true in Chicago's relatively small tech startup community, people in the arena say. It's a mantra that entrepreneurs eager for financing have had to accept amid intense competition for limited venture capital and angel investor dollars.“It's much less about confidentiality now than it used to be,” says Jeffrey Hechtman, an attorney who advises entrepreneurs and investors at Chicago law firm Horwood Marcus & Berk. Related:• Smart pitching in 6 stepsVery few venture capitalists in Chicago and elsewhere will sign nondisclosure agreements, mainly because they review many plans and it would make them susceptible to all sorts of legal actions, they say.When you first start talking to investors, you tend to be protective of your new business ideas, says Marc Halpin, who just raised funds for his second startup, Chicago-based Kapow Events Inc.“Knowing that you need their money—you have to sell the idea,” says Mr. Halpin, a co-founder and CEO of Kapow. “That instinct kind of takes over.”quote|Kapow Events' Marc Halpin' Knowing that you need their money — you have to sell the idea. That instinct kind of takes over.'In recent meetings with about 15 venture capitalists in Chicago and on the West Coast, there were only one or two situations where Mr. Halpin says he felt uncomfortable sharing some information, suspecting it could be passed along to a competitor.Knowing the other companies a venture capitalist has invested in and being strategic about which VCs to approach reduces that concern, Mr. Halpin says. Kapow last month raised $700,000 from Chicago-based I2A and Firestarter funds as well as some angel investors.“One needs to do a lot of due diligence on a potential investor before showing up and laying out something that the entrepreneur considers to be confidential,” says Dan Hess, founder and CEO of Chicago-based deal-shopping tools company LocalOffer Network, which has raised money from local investors. “That said, any investor that's been around for any extended period of time, generally speaking, has done so because of their integrity in dealing with entrepreneurs.”FINDING FEEDBACKA greater threat to a fresh idea may be the information passed among entrepreneurs themselves at the many networking events catering to the tight Chicago community, Mr. Halpin says.“We're all hungry for information,” he says.Shawn Carpenter, CEO of online investment tools company YCharts Inc. Photo: Erik UngerShawn Carpenter, CEO and co-founder of Chicago-based financial information charting company YCharts Inc., says he has found that sharing information tends to be more helpful than hurtful.“I quickly realized the more feedback I got, the better the chance of the idea working,” Mr. Carpenter says.The idea itself is “a small fraction of what we're doing,” he says, contending that picking the right team and executing the idea well are more important in the long run. Last November, YCharts raised $3.3 million from an investment group led by Chicago-based Morningstar Inc.To be sure, some entrepreneurs nurturing new ideas are still leery of disclosing too much too soon. Nicole Apple, a Chicago entrepreneur, worked for more than a decade in the dog-eat-dog advertising world, and she's keeping her business idea for a digital women's fashion aid under wraps.“I've been really protective of the idea, and that's hard to do in technology because there's such a culture of openness and collaboration,” says Ms. Apple, who left her post as a client account director at Ogilvy & Mather this year to devote herself full time to developing her idea (and raising her three young kids). “There's such a huge value in ideas, and when you have a unique idea you want to protect it.”Ms. Apple is working with two partners, but anyone else who works for the business has to sign a nondisclosure agreement; she's inclined to ask future potential investors to do so, too. She hopes to have a beta test of the business by year-end and will make a final decision on how to approach funding after that dry run.NEEDED: UNIQUE IDEASSkokie entrepreneur Jeff Hyman, who's building his second online business—a weight-loss management company called RetrofitMe LLC, after selling his first online recruiting business in 2005 to executive search firm Spencer Stuart—gets that sentiment.“It's their baby, so there's a lot of emotion around it,” he says. He felt much the same way in his first round of fundraising in California, as he pitched investors on Silicon Valley's renowned Sand Hill Road.Skokie entrepreneur Jeff Hyman, founder of weight-loss management company RetrofitMe LLCPhoto: John R. BoehmAfter five rounds of fundraising for his two startups, he says he has met some unscrupulous people in the investor ranks. Still, he has concluded there's no way to keep your business a secret if you want it to succeed. The trick is to share information selectively, with people you've researched and trust, Mr. Hyman says.“There's no such thing as a unique idea anymore,” says Michael Marasco, director of the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northwestern University and an investor with the school-affiliated Wildcat Angels.He points to his student Nikhil Sethi as an example. Mr. Sethi wanted to create a social media consultancy that sold its services to major advertising firms. That's not an original idea, but he had a very specific strategy in mind for pursuing it, Mr. Marasco says.Mr. Sethi moved to New York from Evanston to get a job with an agency that he knew eventually could connect him to potential customers and raised money from people associated with major brands. In 2010, he co-founded Adaptly, and he raised $10.5 million in May after landing $2.7 million earlier.Steve Kaplan, a University of Chicago professor who has overseen the school's New Venture Challenge—where students compete to raise money for their concepts—says he has rarely, if ever, heard of a good idea being stolen.
What may look at first blush like stealing may simply be coincidence, he says, as many individuals rush to fulfill similar unmet needs in the marketplace. “The fact is, other people are doing the same business model,” Mr. Kaplan says. “They're not all going to succeed.”
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Hampir oleh naluri, pengusaha hati-hati menjaga ide-ide bisnis mereka. Tapi hari ini inovator teknologi berada di bawah tekanan untuk membuka tentang rahasia mereka. Dalam era media sosial dan pengembangan aplikasi online, startups mencari wajah ibukota realitas tidak nyaman: kebutuhan untuk mengungkapkan rincian dari rencana mereka kepada investor tanpa jaminan kerahasiaan. Tapi investor tidak pikiran hanya bertanya mencongkel untuk rincian saat ini. Sebagai rangkaian startup koktail memanas sekitar Chicago, pengusaha semakin diharapkan untuk olok-olok tentang konsep mereka dengan staf, rekan-rekan dan saingan Jadi apa seorang pengusaha dengan tingkat yang relatif sehat paranoia lakukan? Hampir tidak ada hal seperti itu sebagai keuntungan penggerak pertama di era hiper-kecepatan pengembangan digital abad ke-21, dan itu terutama berlaku di masyarakat startup teknologi yang relatif kecil Chicago, orang di arena mengatakan. Ini adalah mantra yang pengusaha bersemangat untuk pembiayaan harus menerima tengah kompetisi yang ketat untuk terbatas modal usaha dan malaikat dolar investor. "Ini jauh lebih sedikit tentang kerahasiaan sekarang daripada dulu," kata Jeffrey Hechtman, seorang pengacara yang menyarankan pengusaha dan investor di Chicago firma hukum Horwood Marcus & Berk. Terkait: • Cerdas Pitching di 6 langkah Sangat sedikit kapitalis ventura di Chicago dan di tempat lain akan menandatangani perjanjian untuk menjaga kerahasiaan, terutama karena mereka meninjau banyak rencana dan itu akan membuat mereka rentan terhadap segala macam tindakan hukum, mereka mengatakan . Ketika Anda pertama kali mulai berbicara dengan investor, Anda cenderung protektif terhadap ide-ide bisnis baru Anda, kata Marc Halpin, yang hanya mengumpulkan dana untuk startup kedua, yang berbasis di Chicago Kapow Events Inc. "Mengetahui bahwa Anda perlu mereka uang-Anda memiliki untuk menjual ide, "kata Mr Halpin, co-founder dan CEO Kapow. "Naluri Itu jenis mengambil alih." Kutipan | Kapow Acara 'Marc Halpin' Mengetahui bahwa Anda perlu uang mereka - Anda harus menjual ide. Naluri semacam mengambil alih. "Dalam pertemuan terakhir dengan sekitar 15 kapitalis ventura di Chicago dan di Pantai Barat, hanya ada satu atau dua situasi di mana Mr Halpin mengatakan ia merasa tidak nyaman berbagi beberapa informasi, mencurigai itu bisa diteruskan kepada pesaing. Mengetahui perusahaan lain kapitalis ventura telah diinvestasikan dalam dan menjadi strategis tentang yang VC mendekati mengurangi kekhawatiran bahwa, Mr Halpin mengatakan. Kapow bulan lalu mengangkat $ 700.000 dari I2A dan Firestarter dana berbasis di Chicago serta beberapa investor malaikat. "Salah satu kebutuhan untuk melakukan banyak due diligence pada investor potensial sebelum muncul dan meletakkan sesuatu yang pengusaha menganggap menjadi rahasia," kata Dan Hess, pendiri dan CEO dari Chicago berbasis alat kesepakatan-belanja perusahaan LocalOffer Jaringan, yang telah mengumpulkan uang dari investor lokal. "Yang mengatakan, setiap investor yang telah sekitar untuk waktu yang lama, secara umum, telah melakukannya karena integritas mereka dalam menangani para pengusaha." MENEMUKAN KRITIK Sebuah ancaman yang lebih besar untuk ide segar dapat informasi melewati antara pengusaha sendiri di . banyak acara networking yang melayani masyarakat Chicago ketat, Mr. Halpin mengatakan "Kita semua haus akan informasi," katanya. Shawn Carpenter, CEO dari perusahaan online alat investasi Foto YCharts Inc: Erik Unger Shawn Carpenter, CEO dan co-pendiri yang berbasis di Chicago informasi keuangan perusahaan charting YCharts Inc, mengatakan ia telah menemukan bahwa berbagi informasi cenderung lebih bermanfaat daripada menyakitkan. "Saya segera menyadari semakin umpan balik yang saya punya, semakin baik kesempatan ide kerja," Mr Carpenter mengatakan. Ide itu sendiri adalah "sebagian kecil dari apa yang kita lakukan," katanya, berpendapat bahwa memilih tim yang tepat dan melaksanakan ide baik lebih penting dalam jangka panjang. November lalu, YCharts mengangkat $ 3.300.000 dari kelompok investasi yang dipimpin oleh Chicago berbasis Morningstar Inc Yang pasti, beberapa pengusaha memelihara ide-ide baru yang masih mencurigai mengungkapkan terlalu banyak terlalu cepat. Nicole Apple, seorang pengusaha Chicago, bekerja selama lebih dari satu dekade di dunia periklanan anjing-makan-anjing, dan dia menjaga ide bisnis nya untuk bantuan fashion wanita digital tersembunyi. "Saya sudah benar-benar melindungi ide, dan yang sulit dilakukan dalam teknologi karena ada budaya seperti keterbukaan dan kolaborasi, "kata Ms Apple, yang meninggalkan posnya sebagai direktur account klien di Ogilvy & Mather tahun ini mengabdikan dirinya penuh waktu untuk mengembangkan idenya (dan meningkatkan nya tiga anak-anak muda). "Ada seperti nilai besar dalam ide-ide, dan ketika Anda memiliki ide unik Anda ingin melindunginya." Ms. Apple bekerja sama dengan dua mitra, tapi orang lain yang bekerja untuk bisnis harus menandatangani perjanjian menjaga rahasia; dia cenderung untuk meminta calon investor di masa depan untuk melakukannya juga. Dia berharap untuk memiliki pengujian beta dari bisnis akhir tahun dan akan membuat keputusan akhir tentang cara pendekatan pendanaan setelah itu run kering. DIPERLUKAN: IDE UNIK Skokie pengusaha Jeff Hyman, siapa yang membangun bisnis-berat badan secara online kedua Perusahaan manajemen disebut RetrofitMe LLC, setelah menjual bisnis rekrutmen online pertama di tahun 2005 menjadi perusahaan pencari eksekutif Spencer Stuart-mendapat sentimen. "Ini bayi mereka, jadi ada banyak emosi di sekitarnya," katanya. Dia merasa banyak cara yang sama di babak pertama dari penggalangan dana di California, karena ia bernada investor ternama Sand Hill Road di Silicon Valley. Skokie pengusaha Jeff Hyman, pendiri perusahaan manajemen berat badan RetrofitMe LLC Photo: John R. Boehm Setelah lima putaran penggalangan dana untuk dua startups, ia mengatakan ia telah bertemu dengan beberapa orang yang tidak bermoral di jajaran investor. Namun, ia telah menyimpulkan tidak ada cara untuk mempertahankan bisnis Anda rahasia jika Anda ingin sukses. Caranya adalah dengan berbagi informasi secara selektif, dengan orang yang Anda telah meneliti dan kepercayaan, Mr Hyman mengatakan. "Tidak ada hal seperti ide unik lagi," kata Michael Marasco, direktur Farley Pusat Kewirausahaan dan Inovasi di Northwestern University dan investor dengan sekolah yang berafiliasi Wildcat Angels. Dia menunjuk muridnya Nikhil Sethi sebagai contoh. Mr Sethi ingin menciptakan sebuah konsultan media sosial yang menjual jasa kepada perusahaan iklan besar. Itu bukan ide asli, tapi ia memiliki strategi yang sangat spesifik dalam pikiran untuk mengejar itu, Mr. Marasco mengatakan. Mr. Sethi pindah ke New York dari Evanston untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan dengan sebuah lembaga yang ia tahu akhirnya bisa terhubung dia untuk pelanggan potensial dan mengumpulkan uang dari orang-orang yang terkait dengan merek utama. Pada tahun 2010, ia mendirikan Adaptly, dan ia mengangkat $ 10.500.000 pada Mei setelah mendarat $ 2.700.000 sebelumnya. Steve Kaplan, seorang professor dari Universitas Chicago yang telah mengawasi sekolah Venture Tantangan Baru-mana siswa bersaing untuk mengumpulkan uang untuk mereka konsep-kata ia memiliki jarang, jika pernah, mendengar ide yang baik yang dicuri. Apa mungkin terlihat pada blush pertama seperti mencuri mungkin hanya kebetulan, katanya, karena banyak orang terburu-buru untuk memenuhi kebutuhan yang belum terpenuhi yang sama di pasar. "Faktanya adalah, orang lain melakukan model bisnis yang sama," kata Mr Kaplan. "Mereka tidak semua akan berhasil."


































































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