Pools are just going to get dirty

[bill_schubert]

Four partners and one went home. How many partners do you have left?

In our case, zero.

One of our four had a long, convoluted reason to back out of the group. IMHO it was not really an honest one but one that served as an excuse for the truth, whatever that really is. He just got cold feet. His wife just left her job and he got anxious.

We're not going to do it with three. The one that dropped out was the client acquisition expert and so had not really contributed anything yet since we weren't ready for that part.

It was fun while it lasted.

We're adding up all the invoices which will work out to about $3500 and dividing by four. We'll all contribute our share and then I get some money back for the hours I put in. So it ends up costing me only time. I learned a lot.

We might take another swipe at it in six months. The company will remain since it is already paid for and costs nothing. I've already cancelled all the subscriptions.

Comments

[sleepybadger]

So sorry about that. Maybe a few months will help things get back on track, but it's still got to be disappointing.

[anais_pf]

Sorry to hear it.

[msconduct]

Dammit. I hope you get another shot at it later.

[taz_39]

Rats. Really sorry.

[susandennis]

wow. i guess the timing for this is optimal. but wow. does this fuck up your coffee/chat/etc group?

retired again...

[bill_schubert]

It won't change the group. We've already scheduled our January breakfast.

My relationship with the guy that dropped out will be the same. He's always been flakey and I still hang with him. Normally my boundaries with him are better but I was convinced by the other two.

And, yeah, retired again.

I think Tyson and I are still going to develop the web site since we've paid for a year of hosting.

[siglinde999]

That’s too bad, but better to have pulled the plug before things went public and you had customers to disappoint.