by giving up hours, all of the precious times your phone is put away and you can fully participate and be present in the world around you, you can save seconds a day.
you are right, I didn't read the long story, just the comments I replied to.
but if he had gotten the 2/3 payment it would have been long-since spent by now. his problem specifically seems to be that the guy,
>However, while Project A was in progress, he presented it as his own work to land himself a job as an investor, and then used that to land himself a seed round for a tangentially related but materially different Project B years later.
>I make no claims for the funding he received from Project B -- it's just bothersome that he earned it off of my back (to a degree).
It simply sounds like sour grapes. This is in the longer version too:
>Shortly after, the client presented the site I had built in job and business school interviews and on his LinkedIn profile. He landed himself a job at an investment firm working as an advisor for startups, worked there for a few years, and managed to land himself a seed round as CEO of a company that -- get this -- provides business and accounting support for startups.
>Now, four years later, I am more established and quite satisfied with my career. I can afford legal representation. But I am having trouble letting this go. I think about it often. The money isn't the issue -- it's a matter of pride. This guy used me for his own financial benefit, lied to me, and is now starting a business purportedly to help freelancers.
A central theme by OP is that the guy "used him". But OP could have also "used project A" to land OP_project_B and seed funding for it. it's just that he didn't.
honestly, this seriously comes off as sour grapes given the extra information I've now read.
while I don't believe it's related to OP anymore (see my other reply to him) i wanted to highlight that your comment shows an amazing level of self-reflection.
("I'm a very vengeful guy"). Would you say you're a psychopath? [EDIT: this is an honest question out of curiosity, not an accusation.]
What about other people - do you think hey hold grudges for years against you, too? Wouldn't it suck if something bad that serious happened to you, a major setback, but it was because of some guy you have never thought about thought he was "givign back" something against some way he thought you wronged him years ago? Even though you did not in fact have this intention?
What I'm saying is that I know basically no one who just does things out of spite. So if you feel that you were personally wronged, don't you think you could be misinterpreting, and doling out punishment against people who haven't thought about you since (or have any reason to) but who's next interaction with you is a shit sandwich for no reason?
based on this you are 100% suffering from sour grapes, because whereas HE was able to "present project A" in a certain light to get a totally separate gig and build a totally separate business, you yourself do not have adtruth_b that you were able to pitch to investors by mischaracterizing the success of Project A as a big success, and getting your own seed round for a tangentally related but materially different business.
you're just jealous that he is smoother than you!!
this is good advice, and "a contract" (as opposed to some conversation) can be as brief as an unambiguous 1-sentence email summarizing the agreement and asking for confirmation by reply, and then that reply. this is more practical than legal advice, and I haven't had trouble with it.
do bear in mind that the main reason for this is that your client might have a different memory than you. memories fade - get it in writing ASAP, and ask for a confirmation.