Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early stage employees?

Re:Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early st... by Ken_At_EM on Sunday August 28, 2022 @02:07PM (#32630521)

Please provide examples of “easily copyable technology.”

Putting together a team of competent engineers, developers, etc and having them create something meaningful is hard enough as it is. Trying to copy someone else’s tech doesn’t lower the bar all that much.

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Re:Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early st... by WaitWaitWha on Sunday August 28, 2022 @07:07PM (#32633012)

You mean where a technology was stolen then reproduced, impacting the inventing businesses? I ran a quick brave search and came up with a few articles about knock offs[0][1][2].

There are myriad of other examples, or different scenarios where an NDA or non-compete failed, and another company just puts out a product faster and cheaper. Happens with software, hardware, and of course business processes.

[0] https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/amusing-knockoffs-popular-tech...

[1] https://www.buzzfeed.com/alannaokun/30-knockoff-products-tha...

[2] https://www.liveabout.com/hilarious-knock-off-brands-4767601

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Re:Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early st... by Ken_At_EM on Sunday August 28, 2022 @10:10PM (#32634118)

I see a bunch of probably unsuccessful knock offs.

I don’t see any out there that indicates they beat the original idea to the market by way of breached NDA or non-compete.

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