Here is a standard Confidentiality Agreement which you can use when sharing business plans to keep your ideas safe. Enjoy!

Confidentiality Agreement
i. It is agreed to by the following venture team member, (NAME) that the information included in this plan (including, but not limited to, product plans, marketing strategies, trade secrets, costs, pricing information, performance features, studies, reports, objectives, customer information, dealings, arrangements, financial projections, and any other information about the venture) is considered confidential.
ii. Any use or disclosure of the confidential information other than expressly provided in this Agreement shall be deemed a breach of this agreement.
iii. Recipient agrees to maintain the confidential information in confidence, take reasonable steps to prevent disclosure of the confidential information to any third party, and not to copy, divulge, sell, or otherwise disclose the confidential information.
iv. Exclusions: This agreement shall not apply to information for which the Recipient can substantiate, as evidenced by documentary proof that such information was known by the recipient prior to the time it was disclosed, the information was in the public domain at the time it was disclosed to the recipient, or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of Recipient.

Signature_____________________________
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