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To AirBnB: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to th…

Not being honest is not, and has never been, an option I would consider.

I understand not wanting to share specifics. Thanks for sharing your experience, your good wishes and your offer of advice. At this point I think I am done thinking about this for …

Thank you for sharing your experiences. They gave me some very useful perspective.

No boss. This is my company. Have a cofounder who knows. Appreciate the links.

Will do. I will say that I am not proud of my rather meek response and that guilt is a large part of why I posted here. Thanks for your advice.

Just to clarify, I did not "discuss" potential issues with hiding a kickback. When I mentioned that his employer may not allow his "consulting" with us, he rattled off a bunch of w…

The point about organizations is a good one. I will look them up. The advice to be very careful is also on the money. I appreciate it and will do so. Certainly, one of the things w…

At this point I do not care about the sale. As I mentioned elsewhere, having to 'manage' this person without paying him a dime is going to be a task. It's not like I can bar him fr…

My cofounder is a solid guy. I would trust him with my life. So I have already shared this with him. The advice to get a lawyer is sound though. Unfortunately we don't have a lot o…

Yes writing it down couldn't hurt (I think).

I am going to write it down. I will have to think a lot and come to an agreement with my partner before I can decide to talk non-anonymously to the authorities. I do appreciate you…

Thank you for your kind words.

Already briefed my partner. Calling him again in a few minutes. Calling the FBI is tricky. I don't have any proof and as a small company, I would prefer not to have a scandal (even…

Now you have me worried. If I did not offer him anything, how could I be held responsible for colluding with him? I understand the risk of being painted with the same brush. This i…

Having thought about this a bit, I feel like if I had turned a cold shoulder to his proposal to work for us in the future, he would have been discouraged about it. I could also hav…

The dilemma is clearly between the larger good and my selfish interest in not seeing my company hurt. The industry we operate in is very narrow and while losing thus customer alone…

A technical person at a potential large government customer of ours invited me to discuss our technology with him outside the office. This could be a red flag in itself but we had …

I once flew both legs of a return flight with a foot long knife in my bag. I had put it in there while moving and forgotten all about it. Didn't empty the bag at my destination and…