Startup Ecosystem Knowledge Library

For Ecosystem Developers​

• Download our startup ecosystem whitepaper
• Why Ecosystem Development?
• Raising Ecosystems from the ground up
• Digital Startup Ecosystem Infrastructure Brochure

For Support Providers

• What is Startup Ecosystem?
• Startup Key Stages
• Startup Training Curriculum

Case Studies

• NewCo Helsinki, digital matchmaking
• Startup Ireland, getting the fundamentals right
• City of Barrie, making the transition from entrepreneurship to startup ecosystem
• Vietnam Piloting Startup Commons Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure

For Business Creators

• Startup Key Stages
• Startup Development Resources
• Sites For Looking Team Members
• Lean Startup Experiment
• Startup Key Stages for Legal Services
• Slide for team pitching
• Creating a Perfect User Journey From Sign In to Check Out

Agreement templates for startups

• Pre Shareholder Agreement
• Founders Shareholder Agreement
• Confidentiality Agreement / NDA Sample
• Extended Team Member Agreement
• Trainee Agreement​

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As an individual, you are free to use these tools for your own needs as you like. Please do take note that these are purely a refined sample agreements and not an recommendation or legal advise. You can use any of these as a frame to come up with your own version of the agreement with any modification but do seek legal help for your final version before using it as an actual agreement.

As a Support provider or Ecosystem Developer in your ecosystem, you are free to use and post these agreements or modification of it on your website or tools archive, but do note that these are purely a sample and you should include above type of disclaimer for your customers and seek legal advise for any modification or using it as an actual recommended template for your customers use. In addition if you use these resources in your service or publish on your website, you should credit this original source with an active link to www.startupcommons.org.

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Shared knowledge, agreement templates and other resources for the use of startup ecosystem.
We believe in open knowledge, knowledge sharing and the value of public domain. A lot of what makes the internet as we all experience it, is based on open concepts like; open source, open data, creative commons and generally on information sharing. This copyleft movement have contributed greatly not only for development of internet and open innovation, but also for enabling startups to create new innovations around the world. As well as to knowledge we are sharing here as Startup Commons.

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