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The dumbest NDA I ever saw was at a 3 Day Startup event I helped run. This loser (whose idea absolutely sucked) actually had the audacity to make the first sli
by saryant 13y ago
The dumbest NDA I ever saw was at a 3 Day Startup event I helped run.
This loser (whose idea absolutely sucked) actually had the audacity to make the first slide of his deck an NDA and then read it aloud to the entire audience which consisted almost entirely of college kids.
The idea was an online tutoring site. (Did I just break the law?) That was the magic he didn't want us telling the world about.
I just stood in the back laughing. The domain for his company hadn't actually been registered—I half-considered buying it right then just to screw with him out of spite.
- shangxiao 13y agoDid you end up explaining to him why NDA's may be counterproductive? Sounds like a valuable lesson he could've learnt ;)
- saryant 13y agoNo. I couldn't stand him so I just let his reputation in the community self-implode until he moved back to the east coast. Dick move? Probably but he really got on my nerves.
- dnautics 13y agoInaction is rarely if ever a 'dick move' (unless you promised action)
- rmc 13y agoOr, y'know, it's not a contract unless the other person actually agrees to it. So reading out "By listening to this, you agree to..." doesn't actually make it binding.