Not asking for legal advice here, more how to handle things emotionally.
Long story short, we started a joint venture with another company last year and they stiffed us on payment and walked off with the IP we built. I won’t go into details, but they’ve got deeper pockets than us, and are trying to intimidate us into walking away.
I’ve got lawyers working on it, and we’re taking all the steps to handle it well. But fuckingdamn if it’s not an emotional load. Sleepless nights, angry days, the works.
While I’m hopeful we’ll have a good outcome (we were solid about documenting everything), it looks like it’ll be a long road.
I’m using it as a solid learning curve. But: How have you guys handled similar situations emotionally? Especially when it looks like it’ll take another 1 - 2 years to sort out. Feels like it’s taken the wind out of my sails.
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Legal battles are part of business but the first time is the scariest and most stressful. Try to distance yourself from the personal aspect and think of it as a game two parties are playing with the object of winning money because that’s essentially what it is.
You will learn from the experience and next time it will be much easier