[Tim Baker] "Mark R. I'd say you are being a little harsh...unless you are one of those perfect business people in this crazy business of ours and has never run into this situation...you too missed the point that he brought it up early and tried to confront it...as long as he has documentation to prove it...he can most certainly go after the extra money...he did the work...it was out of scope and he is most certainly due the overruns. He came here for advice not sniping and belittling of his professionalism and business acumen."
I don't see anything as harsh when it comes to business quite honestly. Business IS harsh if you want to succeed. There's no being a nice guy as I've come to find out. There are times when you have to man up and take something because you messed up and there are other times where you have to stand up for your own rights and rates.
I think what Mark wrote is pretty much hard knock lessons learned. If that's harsh well, then don't get into business and you'll be able to avoid backstabbers, lawsuits, lying / whining clients and all the other fun that comes with being 'the guy' who own the business.
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