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@Velocio
Who will buy the cow, if the cow gives away the milk for free?
Free is an attractive price, but my experience with free in the past suggests I should pay.
If this is how I represent myself, then I get 1 chance to get it right. I know good people might offer me free work, but then I'd feel obliged to accept it, whereas if I pay I can be sure of the time needed to communicate my thoughts, listen to theirs, and to develop it right and get the right thing.
I know I can blag: hosting space, branding, design, development, etc... but really, I want the business not to be like that. I want to make it profitable, and to pay it's way properly. I want to reward people who work with me and treat them well.
The people I'm having these chats with are exactly the kind of people who may invest or help in the future. I don't need luxury cards, but when they dig it out of their pocket they need to remember the energy and excitement of the idea, me, the product, the company.
No half measures. I want to do the right thing for the business, you guys, me, everyone.
I was called an idealist the other day for saying something very similar to that. But hey, it's the way I want the world to be, and I want my company to reflect that.