Partnership Standards

Partner Agreements

Standard starting points, not finished contracts — read the notice on each one.

Our approach

These exist so both sides can speak freely, before either one has to guess what the other already knows. If we're already working on something that overlaps with what you're building, we'll say so upfront — before any confidential details are exchanged, not after. From there, it's your call: keep building independently with full knowledge of where things stand, walk away, or — only if it genuinely interests you — explore joining what we're already doing. We're not looking to extract an idea and walk away with it. We're looking to make sure nobody leaves a conversation having quietly given something away, or gets blindsided later by an overlap they didn't know existed.

Mutual NDA

Two-way confidentiality — for early conversations where both sides will share sensitive information.

Non-Solicitation & Non-Interference Agreement

Protects client and personnel relationships without relying on a non-compete — enforceable in far more states. See the state reference below for why.

IP Assignment / Work for Hire

Assigns work product and inventions created for Albee Holdings or a portfolio venture to the company.

Reference — Non-Compete Enforceability by State

Which states void non-competes outright, which gate them by income threshold, and which enforce them broadly. Background for why the agreement above leads with solicitation and interference instead.