I cringed when I got to that part. Not showing up in small claims court and sending your assistant is just the dumbest thing short of not showing up at all, and not hiring a lawyer.

He acknowledges this as his biggest mistake:

> At this point, I made my biggest mistake and figured it was such an obvious win that I did not even need to attend the small claims hearing

Hopefully everyone reading can learn this lesson the easy way and save the $100k.