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		<title>How much info to give potential investors??</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[I have enforced an NDA against a]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I have enforced an NDA against a Company that took my ideas and one of my key employees after our discussions about a potential JV.&nbsp; The NDA didn`t prevent the damage from happening.&nbsp; But when I found out, after the fact, I was able to use the ND[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ideas are generally free...execu]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ideas are generally free...execution is where you`ll win.&nbsp; If you can prove you can execute then investors or partners will not try to build your business.&nbsp; I doubt any investor or competitor will sign an NDA.&nbsp; But it`s always worth a sho]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[An NDA is part of the dance. Sig]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[An NDA is part of the dance. Signed or not, it is almost ritual. Not something to stake your business on. Just something that is an attempt to show that you care about the ideas.Many investors have good reasons not to sign. Investors have good reas]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Investors or Members?&nbsp; An L]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Investors or Members?&nbsp; An LLC can have many membership levels, and do call them ‘members’ not ‘investors’ unless your company is actually underwritten and issuing]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Here is how this works.]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Here is how this works.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[It gives me the power of an esta]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[It gives me the power of an established firm saying that the business ideas etc... are mine and the plan based on those ideas can not be used, shared etc... without explicit permission from both parties.&nbsp; Violation, as&nbsp;they get 2% royalti]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[While I am not an attorney - I h]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[While I am not an attorney - I have been delaing with the NDA situation for a number of years. 
I agree that the execution of one is an indication of intent. However, what is important to remember is that having an NDA -doesn`t automatically mea]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I am not an attorney and I have ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am not an attorney and I have limited formal training in business law but I agree from experience that NDA`s are very hard to enforce, if not impossible and/or financially prohibiting.&nbsp; We us]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Katt
Your messages says:&nbsp; ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Katt
Your messages says:&nbsp; What they will do is have the investors sign the plan on the bottom that states it can not be used, as it is the exclusive property of that firm and myself.&nbsp;
Does that mean th]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I would be very interested to he]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I would be very interested to hear from anybody that ever actually tried to enforce an NDA.&nbsp; What they did, what happened as an outcome, etc...&nbsp; It`s important to keep in mind that ideas, in and of themselves, are WORTHLESS.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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