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You're fucked. The first principle of negotiation is to always have a better option.
by zackattack 17y ago
You're fucked.
The first principle of negotiation is to always have a better option.
- xefyr 17y agoYou sound confused. This is the better option.
- tptacek 17y agoHe's saying, you put yourself in a precarious financial position, and you're not going to have any negotiating leverage with anybody.
- gsteph22 17y agoWe're good. We just want to be "more good". Bootstrapping cash.
- zackattack 17y agoI actually think that you're not good if you think appeals to "pg" on an HN thread are in any respect a good idea. Even if you were "joking". Sorry. I am not optimistic about your guys' chances for success.
- javery 17y agoActually the first principle of negotiation is to make the other person THINK you have a better option. :)
- jmtame 17y agoyes, but there is a lot of psychology involved. if you're in a needy position, it will be difficult to fake it. and experienced negotiators will catch your BS pretty qucikly.