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by joelx 10y ago
I will take your advice and involve my attorney in the future. Thank you!
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by joelx 10y ago
You are correct, it is my best guesstimate on the opportunity cost of all the time I spent fighting this. Court time: 7-8 days Preparing 3 ring binder with ~150 pages of evidence all laid out with tabs (Exhibit A, B, C...): 5-6 days Lost wo
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by joelx 10y ago
This is exactly why I fight these things. Another commentator explained it much better than me: lazaroclapp - "There is a fairly long school of thought in ethics that posits that it's an important thing for most people to sacrific
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by joelx 10y ago
I agree that small clients generally are much more difficult than large clients. I would like to find more large clients. I can say that the work we do now for large clients is light years superior to work of our competitors since we have b
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by joelx 10y ago
Writing this was cathartic after all of the stress on Friday. Also - if I didn't do it now, I probably would not have done it later.
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by joelx 10y ago
Remember a demand letter is just a threat... It's only when you get sued that actually need an attorney (unless you want one). The attorney who sent the demand letter apparently was not willing to represent this case in civil court, he
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by joelx 10y ago
>Professional Fees : 294 hours X $103/hour = $30,413 Investment: $(18,413) Fees Due: $12,000 I REALLY like the idea of putting extra hours worked as a discount on an invoice... thank you!
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by joelx 10y ago
Great point. The "other legal issues" I mentioned were other lawsuits I have been through: -A patent troll sue me a few weeks ago (got it dismissed voluntarily) -Another client with a stronger case sue for breach of contract a yea
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by joelx 10y ago
This comment is 100% on point. I include a clause in my contracts that I own all of the work we do until payment is made in full. It still would have been better to have not pushed the site live until the payment was made though. We have a
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by joelx 10y ago
I do agree with this and should have attended the first trial myself. I do find myself somewhat conflicted though as to what advice to offer others in the same situation. In California small claims court, it seems that you basically can app
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by joelx 10y ago
I had a few sleepless nights and a lot of days of worry over this. It wasn't even a large amount of money relative to the size of my company now, but the feelings of anger and fear are hard to deal with.
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by joelx 10y ago
The contracts our company uses do include a limitation of liability to the amount the client pays. I agree that the big mistake we made was to allow so many changes for free and also to launch the site prior to final payment being received.
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Why I Spent $100k to Fight a $10k Small Claims Lawsuit(joelx.com)
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How to Beat a Patent Troll in East Texas(joelx.com)
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Ask HN: I have been sued by a patent troll what do I do?
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Preventing Burnout When Working 7 Days a Week(blog.joelx.com)
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The Mighty Power of Google(blog.joelx.com)
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2 Nepalis Paraglide Off Everest (2013)(xcmag.com)
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by joelx 10y ago
Since September 2009, I have maintained a Google sheet outlining my net worth. Twice a month, I add a new column then list the balances of my bank accounts and credit cards and brokerages. Very easy to maintain and useful. I can see changes
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Ask HN: Should I Do an Employee Stock Ownership Plan for My 60 Employees?
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How I Built and Sold My Business for $16,100(blog.joelx.com)
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by joelx 10y ago
I agree completely with you that the large amount of healthcare regulation is the ultimate culprit for the extreme high prices Americans pay. My argument is that the root cause of all of the regulation is not the best interest of the patien
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by joelx 10y ago
Medical professionals are the highest paid profession in America - http://www.businessinsider.com/top-paying-jobs-in-america-20... . 16 of the 30 jobs and all of the top 5 on this list are in the medical profession. The high
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by joelx 10y ago
Ever wonder why the cost of healthcare is so ridiculously expensive in this country? The American Medical Association (the AMA is the most powerful union in history) has pushed through laws to protect its members from competition, making it
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by joelx 10y ago
I really enjoyed reading your very thoughtful response. I understand that you are making a recommendation that instead of using some form of stack ranking of employees that I should instead look to keep every single person until I am 100% s
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by joelx 10y ago
Thank you for this response, I am the author / employer. I am looking for feedback on if my method is effective at achieving the goal it has. You raise some reasonable concerns about the fairness of the system and especially if workpla
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Cost per Unit of Productivity (Employees)(blog.joelx.com)
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AI Foosball(youtube.com)
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How can I spend my weekend?
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by joelx 10y ago
Trump is clearly on the cutting edge of this phenomenon.

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