That is the acrimony client. You do not manage them. You survive them. And if you are lucky, you learn to recognize the smell of sulfur before you sign the dotted line.

Julian replied seven seconds later. He did not say thank you. He did not say goodbye. He wrote: "Finally, you made one smart decision. I’ll be posting about this experience on LinkedIn. You have been warned."

Meet Julian Croft. Julian is the founder of a mid-tier logistics software company that has just received its Series B funding. By all external metrics, he is a success story: pressed shirts, a GMT Master II on his wrist, and the particular vocal fry of a man who has fired three agencies in the last eighteen months. Julian is my acrimony client.

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That is the acrimony client. You do not manage them. You survive them. And if you are lucky, you learn to recognize the smell of sulfur before you sign the dotted line.

Julian replied seven seconds later. He did not say thank you. He did not say goodbye. He wrote: "Finally, you made one smart decision. I’ll be posting about this experience on LinkedIn. You have been warned."

Meet Julian Croft. Julian is the founder of a mid-tier logistics software company that has just received its Series B funding. By all external metrics, he is a success story: pressed shirts, a GMT Master II on his wrist, and the particular vocal fry of a man who has fired three agencies in the last eighteen months. Julian is my acrimony client.