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I'm guessing most of the people here who are saying "be truthful" have never started a company. Sometimes you just gotta fudge the numbers a bit and do what nee
by fourseventy 3y ago
I'm guessing most of the people here who are saying "be truthful" have never started a company. Sometimes you just gotta fudge the numbers a bit and do what needs to be done to get your company off the ground. I've been in your shoes and I recommend saying something like "we are a team of 5".
- benjaminwootton 3y agoNah. Give the impression of scale if you can and need to, but I would draw the line at outright lying. If it doesn’t totally backfire then it’s dishonest. I would rather lose the deal.
- JohnFen 3y ago> Sometimes you just gotta fudge the numbers a bit and do what needs to be done to get your company off the ground. I disagree. I've never had to lie to get a company off the ground, and if that was a requirement, I'd rather let the company die and try again with something else. Being vague, however, is OK.
- LastTrain 3y ago"I'd love to meet the team!"
- TheNewsIsHere 3y agoRight. There’s a practical justification for being honest, which is that if you’re dishonest, you can find yourself in a situation of having to continue the lie, or coming clean and damaging or losing that relationship, or even your reputation. I have started two businesses that have generated positive cash flow (and sat on a board for one that didn’t), and honesty is the only right answer. You gain trust in thimbles and lose it in buckets.
- DougN7 3y ago“We are a small company and don’t discuss employee counts as a matter of policy.”
- fourseventy 3y agoThat's a great answer