THE CONTRACTS QUESTION

Your obligations set the boundary, and we build the scope inside it

Almost every firm that asks assumes confidentiality obligations end the conversation. Usually they narrow it instead. Scope is defined around what you are free to license, before anything is signed and before anything moves.

Check your data Six questions, roughly two minutes.
Scope built inside your obligationsAgreed before signature, not afterNothing moves until it is settled

THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS

Nothing is accessed until the boundary is agreed

  1. 01

    Six questions

    What systems exist and roughly what is in them. No access, no sharing, no obligation.

  2. 02

    Boundary conversation

    We work out together what you are free to license. This happens before any review of actual material.

  3. 03

    Scope written into the licence

    The licence names what is covered. What sits outside it is not licensed and does not become ours later.

  4. 04

    Then review, price, and pay

    Typically $100K to $2M, papered within a week, paid Net 30 to 60 after approval and anonymization.

WHY IT USUALLY SURVIVES

The distinction most firms have not drawn yet

  • A deliverable belonging to a client and your own internal method are different things, and the second is frequently unencumbered.
  • Confidentiality usually attaches to identifiable client matter, which is exactly what anonymization removes.
  • Obligations vary by engagement. Some of your work is almost certainly less restricted than your most restrictive contract.
  • Scope is agreed before signature. Nothing gets licensed on an assumption that turns out to be wrong later.
  • THE TRACK RECORD

    Principals, not intermediaries

    “Raised $7.5M across venture and private equity rounds and brought an institutional asset manager onto the cap table.”
    Nathan MathewsPartner
    “Eight acquisitions closed, $100M+ revenue across businesses built with partners, $21M raised.”
    PolysharesAcross the group

    SPEAK WITH A MANAGING PARTNER

    Find out what your obligations actually permit

    Six questions and a conversation about where the line falls. Nothing you tell us leaves Polyshares.

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