puppetaccount

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by puppetaccount 15y ago
To AirBnB: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
Not being honest is not, and has never been, an option I would consider.
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
I understand not wanting to share specifics. Thanks for sharing your experience, your good wishes and your offer of advice. At this point I think I am done thinking about this for the day. If I come back to this I will definitely reply to y
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
Thank you for sharing your experiences. They gave me some very useful perspective.
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
No boss. This is my company. Have a cofounder who knows. Appreciate the links.
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
Will do. I will say that I am not proud of my rather meek response and that guilt is a large part of why I posted here. Thanks for your advice.
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
Just to clarify, I did not "discuss" potential issues with hiding a kickback. When I mentioned that his employer may not allow his "consulting" with us, he rattled off a bunch of ways he could hide it and I responded by asking him to check
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
The point about organizations is a good one. I will look them up. The advice to be very careful is also on the money. I appreciate it and will do so. Certainly, one of the things worrying me is that he might not be alone. Hope your situatio
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
At this point I do not care about the sale. As I mentioned elsewhere, having to 'manage' this person without paying him a dime is going to be a task. It's not like I can bar him from meetings. I will be dead before he sees a rusty penny fro
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
My cofounder is a solid guy. I would trust him with my life. So I have already shared this with him. The advice to get a lawyer is sound though. Unfortunately we don't have a lot of money and what money we do, we would prefer to pay our han
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
Yes writing it down couldn't hurt (I think).
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
I am going to write it down. I will have to think a lot and come to an agreement with my partner before I can decide to talk non-anonymously to the authorities. I do appreciate your advice on this.
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
Thank you for your kind words.
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
Already briefed my partner. Calling him again in a few minutes. Calling the FBI is tricky. I don't have any proof and as a small company, I would prefer not to have a scandal (even with us on the right side of it) be our first introductiion
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
Now you have me worried. If I did not offer him anything, how could I be held responsible for colluding with him? I understand the risk of being painted with the same brush. This is all the more infuriating because there are other people, m
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
Having thought about this a bit, I feel like if I had turned a cold shoulder to his proposal to work for us in the future, he would have been discouraged about it. I could also have communicated in some other way that we work by the book. A
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
The dilemma is clearly between the larger good and my selfish interest in not seeing my company hurt. The industry we operate in is very narrow and while losing thus customer alone would hurt us a lot, having someone there say negative thin
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Ask HN: How have you dealt with corruption?
91 points by puppetaccount 17y ago|69 comments
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by puppetaccount 17y ago
I once flew both legs of a return flight with a foot long knife in my bag. I had put it in there while moving and forgotten all about it. Didn't empty the bag at my destination and never found out. When I emptied my bags after coming home,