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2) references please (for you arguments)

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Investment is diversification-driven.

Put these 2 things together and you minimize a lot of risk.

until I connected my laptop to the network at school.

I didn't notice anything strange until a month later when I reinstalled WinXP (was doing it regularly for speed). My mistake was that I installed Winamp and other software from kits on a shared folder (full access for everybody) on my laptop, before installing the AV. That's when all hell broke loose: the kits were injected by some virus and got activated only when were run

tl;dr: Thing is even "power-users" can get it wrong. Is it really worth it risk so much, for so little?

PS: referring here strictly to platforms that need AVs

A benchmark of how it performs against the other solutions would be great!

Also, lately I see a lot of great lessons from "lone wolfs" like Nick (FeedDemon), Marco (Instapaper) and Mark (Pinboard).

That's great! I'm interested mainly in these kind of benefits. Besides communication, how does it help your relationship with customers/team/partners?

Couldn't agree more! (especially for product people)

Can you give more specific details about how it helps you/the team? (no sarcasm here, I'm genuinely interested to understand this form the marketers' perspective)

The other party just want to squeeze every drop of value before finally disposing of you. They say it's "just business, nothing personal".

Personally, I think good partnerships are always personal.

EDIT: to be fair, this happens on both sides. This is also very damaging to both the company and the contractors.

At least they should

1). any business will start to decline at some point, including you(rs). So cost cutting is a proven solution. You are not buying a business, you deliver a service

2). the whole point of hiring subcontractors is to reduce risk (in my opinion). You are an expert they want&get when they need, probably with some strict clauses.

3). agree that the request is pretty left-handed

Secondly, about negotiations:

Everybody likes to feel special or more exactly that they "won" something. Why not make them happy by giving them a 2-3% (negotiate) and ask for this a contact-commitment of minimum 20/30/50 hours/month. That way you also minimize your risk of looking for work.

If you do have too much work however, then you have the upper-hand in negotiations. Play it now!

Several points are hit here (some I said in a previous comment): - get to know the customer (build MVP ...), see what they want, make a product not a Software Design masterpiece - prioritize correctly (and oftentimes - especially after you built the product - the biz is more valuable)

Anyway, my experience is that even if one knows this theoretically, he will get it after the practical experience. Good luck building!

Also, this reminds me of the "nail it, then scale it" approach. Don't focus on scalability when you don't have customers.

So 2 questions:

1) Would it be more worth it to furnish myself the apartment?

2) Do you really need a car daily? I read a car-sharing service like ZipCar is worth it.

Vision and execution together give the value, not one or the other. That's why YCombinator and PG focus so much on the team: you need complementary skills.

While I can't fully agree to "ideas worth nothing, execution is 100%", the fact is people come up with your idea independently. The value of it will be show by the ones who execute it.

This "you are easily replaceable" thinking is probably the worst way to think of getting into a startup or any kind of business partnership.

To not make this any longer: startups are like a marriage. Is your wife (/husband) easily replaceable?