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Really appreciate your candid reply. That's a shame. In the end I imagine people regret forsaking relationships for material gains, but greed is a powerful forc

• trcollinson 12y ago
  He and I have, since that time, made up. Which is a nice thing! But yes, greed really ruins things. It is quite powerful. I have been involved in start ups in two ways in the mean time. First, I have built up and sold my own small start up. This was much easier though as I was the sole owner and employee. Throughout my time building it up I did occasionally hire contractors and consultants on a 1099 basis. Overall, this made selling the company and assets a whole lot easier. Second, I have worked for start ups, quite a few actually. But at this point I actively will not take an equity stake in any start up I work for. I always work hourly and get paid my standard rate for any work produced. In this time I have been involved with two start up sales. They were much easier on me, the owners, and the acquirers. Basically, I had been paid all along what I felt was fair so I didn't try to get anything out of the arrangement as it was being sold. I could be very focused on the owners best interests and not my own. In the end, both gave me substantial bonus amounts for my help and trouble and we all walked away happy. I also contracted with both of the acquirers after the fact in these cases. Again, everyone was quite happy.