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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). And we figured that unless litigation was going to be our business strategy, NDA’s would have inhibited the back-and-forth that made us smarter. In Customer Discovery we were learning as much from them as they did from us.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

A note about NDAs: 1) almost no experienced entrepreneurs/VCs will sign them (in fact, you asking them too is widely considered a sign of inexperience), 2) It’s not clear they have any real value – are you really going to spend years suing someone who signed an NDA? Have any candidate sign an NDA. link] Nivi.

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How To Use Partnerships To Grow Your Business

YoungUpstarts

They also have very limited avenues to vertically or horizontally scale up their businesses. Signing an NDA is an absolute must when you are sharing financial details about your business with a partner. A very limited consumer-base with specific needs is available to these entrepreneurs.

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