Hays: Founders requiring NDAs for pitch decks is a major red flag
Jordi Hays · Inside Facebooks Secret "Red Book" (ep18) · Dec 6, 2024 · at 1:15:53
Technology Brothers co-host Jordy Hays explains why stealth and NDA demands in early-stage startups reflect a lack of execution confidence rather than smart IP protection.
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“The thing about startups is the reason that it's so bearish when a founder says to you, oh, can you sign my NDA before you look at my deck is because as a founder for 99.9% of businesses, you should be able to tell somebody your exact plan step by step, every single thing you're going to do, how you're going to acquire customers and all this stuff. And you should still be better at doing that. And you deserve to win only, only, almost only if you can tell the whole world what you're doing.”
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