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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
Oh I'm definitely not going to work on this anymore until I see some real money and a proper agreement.
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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
Dude. Yeah I was dumb. Whatever, I'll live.
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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
I think my main question is: how honest should I be? Not about getting emotional or anything, but if I have real concerns and my work is actually good, is there a reason I shouldn't be 100% direct?
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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
Thanks, I'll give this a try - nothing to lose really.
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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
Nothing in writing. Everyone's saying I should just drop it, but I'm thinking I should try to salvage the situation by dropping the ideas guy and coming to a formal agreement with the angel investor.
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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
You might be right, but we have the demo now anyway. The problem is that this shouldn't have been so painful for me in the first place. It's just a few months working on a cool product. They could throw me some cash to make sure I
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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
It's definitely worth a lot more than what I got so far. These guys aren't scammers, they're just not very good at running a software project, and I was too desperate to take charge. Even 1/3rd of a good business is a he
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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
There's no paper work, just a verbal agreement to start a company. As for the customers, there needs to be a demo because this particular project doesn't quite work for consumers at this stage. To begin with it's a SaaS for b
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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
It's personal finances, I'm broke. I should leave? But then what, they gave me money and I still own the code. If I took the code it'd be unethical, but I believe in the project and don't want to let it go.
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by XE3BZiC5J4CAAx 5y ago
They funded me at the start a lump sum to build the demo, and then there was a vague promise to send me some more once I delivered so that I could continue working while we pitch it to investors. The thing that's not working for me is
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