# NDA

Concept · [Business and metrics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business)

Also called: non-disclosure agreement, NDAs, confidentiality agreement, mutual NDA, one-way NDA

Non-disclosure agreement. A contract in which one or both sides promise to keep shared information confidential. [Common Paper](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/common-paper) publishes free, standard templates for this (Mutual NDA and One-way NDA).

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) signs an NDA before a large company [shares](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/equity) its internal data for a [pilot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pilot).

## Connects to (6)

- [Trade secret](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/trade-secret): Valuable business information, such as a formula, algorithm or process, that is protected by keeping it secret rather than by registering…
- [Intellectual property](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/intellectual-property): Things you create that can be owned, such as code, designs, brand names and inventions.
- [Pilot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pilot): A small, time-limited trial of a product with one customer, run to learn whether the product works for that customer before a full contract.
- [Engagement letter](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/engagement-letter): A short contract that starts a professional services relationship.
- [Common Paper](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/common-paper): A contract company for startups that publishes free, standard agreements anyone may use and modify, along with software for sending…
- [Joint development agreement](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/joint-development-agreement): A contract between two organizations that build something together.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nda