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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

By unusual coincidence, this week I had a number of different folks ask me to sign NDA s about the new projects theyre working on. But signing an NDA ? If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it. Embed: 13 Comments.

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In Venture Capital, Should You Be a Momentum or a Value Investor?

David Teten

In 2000, LPs invested $104b into 638 funds, but by 2003, LPs’ commitment rate had dropped to just $11b into 161 funds. Remember how they all said they wouldn’t sign an NDA? As booms progress, more and more investors adopt a Momentum model. But VC is historically and consistently cyclical. Time allocation.

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Should I require and NDA? This has presented a problem of the decision makers at resorts balking on spending 50K+ on an unproven idea, although we did a beta test around 2000 with 3 mountains that went well. I have the vision, model and the core elements of the ideas established. How can you find and assemble a team I can trust?