Comments on: 15 Simple Warning Signs of a Bad Project (and how to think positively) http://www.theprojectweb.com/simple-warning-signs-of-bad-project/ Resources to Help Small Business and Freelance Web Designers Get the Project Done Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:02:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Juliet | Freelancewise http://www.theprojectweb.com/simple-warning-signs-of-bad-project/#comment-40 Juliet | Freelancewise Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:05:50 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=402#comment-40 Great summary, thank you. My warning signs often lie in: they don't really know what they want they can't grasp how long something takes. Juliet Great summary, thank you.

My warning signs often lie in:
they don’t really know what they want
they can’t grasp how long something takes.

Juliet

]]> By: 15 Simple Warning Signs of a Bad Project http://www.theprojectweb.com/simple-warning-signs-of-bad-project/#comment-39 15 Simple Warning Signs of a Bad Project Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:23:35 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=402#comment-39 [...] Read the full article at Clecompte [...] [...] Read the full article at Clecompte [...]

]]> By: Web Designer http://www.theprojectweb.com/simple-warning-signs-of-bad-project/#comment-38 Web Designer Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:01:05 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=402#comment-38 Great article, I could actually relate to some...and learn a lot from this...I just retweet. Hope more readers would share it with others.. Great article, I could actually relate to some…and learn a lot from this…I just retweet. Hope more readers would share it with others..

]]> By: David http://www.theprojectweb.com/simple-warning-signs-of-bad-project/#comment-37 David Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:31:47 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=402#comment-37 Number 7 is the one I tend to get quite often followed by number 1 and then number 10. In those cases I try to make the best of it with humor and look at the bright side of it all. Number 7 is the one I tend to get quite often followed by number 1 and then number 10. In those cases I try to make the best of it with humor and look at the bright side of it all.

]]> By: Design Informer http://www.theprojectweb.com/simple-warning-signs-of-bad-project/#comment-36 Design Informer Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:48:00 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=402#comment-36 Great points are mentioned! Thanks for this article. I myselg has encountered some bad projects in the past! Great points are mentioned! Thanks for this article. I myselg has encountered some bad projects in the past!

]]> By: Chris LeCompte http://www.theprojectweb.com/simple-warning-signs-of-bad-project/#comment-35 Chris LeCompte Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:33:54 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=402#comment-35 Good point, Joe. The reason I'm so hesitant about equity/ownership offers is that they can really suck a lot out of you with very little -- or no -- return (trust me, I have experience with this!). It can be risky if you drop other profitable projects to work for no or very little income. But I agree that as long as you trust your gut and don't get stuck in a pipe dream, you'll emerge ok. Good point, Joe. The reason I’m so hesitant about equity/ownership offers is that they can really suck a lot out of you with very little — or no — return (trust me, I have experience with this!). It can be risky if you drop other profitable projects to work for no or very little income. But I agree that as long as you trust your gut and don’t get stuck in a pipe dream, you’ll emerge ok.

]]> By: Joe Cascio http://www.theprojectweb.com/simple-warning-signs-of-bad-project/#comment-34 Joe Cascio Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:27:56 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=402#comment-34 re: #4: An offer of equity isn't always bad. It could be wonderful, but you have to be circumspect, of course, and know good ideas from bad ones. A designer might want to wait to jump in until there's some kind of revenue flowing in, especially if they are not knowledgeable about startups. The way startups are happening in the web world now is that they don't get big VC investments, but rather start with an idea and quickly build something small and usually ugly. If the idea has legs, it will grow. Most startups at this stage need only a tiny amount of design contribution, just so the site doesn't look like a programmer built it. So, like anything else, you have to trust your intuition, and the other signs on this page will inform that, for sure. But I'd just say, don't reject an equity offer out of hand. Remember, if someone asks you to work for equity, they're probably doing it, too, and living on ramen noodles and Diet Coke. But if it pans out, it's SO worth it! re: #4: An offer of equity isn’t always bad. It could be wonderful, but you have to be circumspect, of course, and know good ideas from bad ones. A designer might want to wait to jump in until there’s some kind of revenue flowing in, especially if they are not knowledgeable about startups.

The way startups are happening in the web world now is that they don’t get big VC investments, but rather start with an idea and quickly build something small and usually ugly. If the idea has legs, it will grow. Most startups at this stage need only a tiny amount of design contribution, just so the site doesn’t look like a programmer built it.

So, like anything else, you have to trust your intuition, and the other signs on this page will inform that, for sure. But I’d just say, don’t reject an equity offer out of hand. Remember, if someone asks you to work for equity, they’re probably doing it, too, and living on ramen noodles and Diet Coke. But if it pans out, it’s SO worth it!

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]]> By: Sam Barnes http://www.theprojectweb.com/simple-warning-signs-of-bad-project/#comment-32 Sam Barnes Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:06:15 +0000 http://www.clecompte.com/?p=402#comment-32 Hey Chris, nice post. All recognisable from my experience and all true. But I do especially like the positive spin on all the points, something that is always worth bearing in mind before judging a client or relationship... Enjoying all your articles lately, look forward to more. Sam Hey Chris, nice post. All recognisable from my experience and all true. But I do especially like the positive spin on all the points, something that is always worth bearing in mind before judging a client or relationship…

Enjoying all your articles lately, look forward to more.

Sam

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