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I have been selling to big companies for a while. I always sign. The time and money I saved by not arguing legalese fineprints will easily pay for the costs of
by bisRepetita 9y ago
I have been selling to big companies for a while. I always sign. The time and money I saved by not arguing legalese fineprints will easily pay for the costs of the first Client that will sue me. Not even counting time spent arguing legalese is a mood killer.
The kicker is that if something goes wrong, your contract won't protect you much anyway, and giving freebies and working the extra mile is more effective.
But if I listen to lawyers or wannabe entrepreneurs, most will tell me to read the fineprints and care about them.
- meritt 9y ago> wannabe entrepreneurs Bingo. HN seems to have this ingrained assumption that anyone who can construct a reasonable argument must be a wildly successful entrepreneur doling out the most sagely of advice. When in reality it's just another programmer who punches the clock for one of the big tech employers and has never taken on more risk than deciding to eat sushi or ramen in the employee-cafeteria.
- OtterCoder 9y agoHeck, I've taken enormous risks and lost the farm a couple of times. That doesn't mean I have a lot to say either. I can tell you three things that will guarantee failure, but I can't say much for sure beyond that.