although it seems accepted as universal truth here that VCs never sign NDAs, they do sign mine and i know of other founders who do get them signed as well. the

although it seems accepted as universal truth here that VCs never sign NDAs, they do sign mine and i know of other founders who do get them signed as well. the stated reason why I insist on NDAs is that i do not want to start the patent filing clock until I have decided to. the unstated reason is that I don't want to get zucked by some other founder their associates are friendly with. it's a real risk. you say it's only execution that should matter, and this may even be true, but i would much prefer those being able to execute parts of my business better to work for me rather than compete.