Definitely date before you can get married. Think of a proximate opportunity you can work together on where he can prove his value to you (and vice-versa). A

Definitely date before you can get married. Think of a proximate opportunity you can work together on where he can prove his value to you (and vice-versa). A lot of these deals have a tendency to get hung up on theoretical discussions about what could happen a few years down the road. If you want to grow quickly and actually if they are as they as they say then table that discussion and figure out a simple way you can work on ONE customer, project, etc. If successful, expand from there. Also: if they are focussed too much on how to get paid then that is often an indication that they cannot provide a lot of value.