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Re:The Waypoint NDA by indymike on Monday June 22, 2020 @11:50AM (#23601557)
NDAs seem to have a few valuable effects:

* You can smoke out people trying to brain!@#% you by saying use my NDA and making sure an officer of the company you are talking to signs it (lower-level employees may not be able to sign a binding agreement on behalf of the company).

* I've had many a partner call me and ask if they can share something from an NDA covered meeting with a third party. It's helped surface opportunities AND threats.

* I've had investors point out the NDA was a go-no-go check. No NDA, no further discussion.

So, there's value there, but it is subtle.

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Re:The Waypoint NDA by marcus_holmes on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @11:36AM (#23615334)
That is useful. Thanks. Not sure it's enough to get me to use them, but at least I can move from my stance of "anyone insisting on an NDA is an idiot" ;)
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