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...der. They began to patronized me by showing me "stuff" - which made me not trust them. When I didnt trust them I began to try to micro-manage them. By micro-manageing them, they began to resent me. A really viscious circle apparently. So here''s what I think. I''m intimatley involved with the process. I want a program that perfectly mimics what our job is - how the company works. I want a virtual babysitter. I contend that I know exactly what the process is (we are doing most of it now) and I just want them to build the program that mimics it. The complaint is...

I hired a friend of a friend to build my company a fairly substantial application. He quoted it, committed to it, and now says he has run out of money. I''ve offered him additional money/incentives ...twice. He continues to commit, and then, ultimately not make his commitment. I''m not sure what my options are. Ideally, I would like to simply fire him and hire someone to