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...Ruby. They got all excited about the new possibilities and began building some really (i mean really) cool stuff! Our first deadline came and went and it became more obvious that schedueling a completion date would be difficult. I started to ride them a little harder. Looking for something tangeable. They wern''t asking for money - instead they were doing other jobs. So I forced them to take money, thinking it would make them more committed to my deadlines. All it seemed to to was add pressure that their creative genius'' couldn''t function under. They began to...

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