{"id":90007,"date":"2016-07-25T02:17:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T06:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/?p=90007"},"modified":"2026-10-10T15:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:22:57","slug":"chapter-7-get-sued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulsyng.com\/blog\/chapter-7-get-sued\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 7 \u2014 Get Sued"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The only thing worse than clients who don\u2019t pay are the ones who sue you. Welcome to Chapter Seven of SQUAD<\/a>. Today we\u2019re talking about the nasty side of running a design business. We’ll also do deep dives on how to manage and set expectations from the previous Chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But before we begin, this elaborate essay, I want to share another exciting project I started three days ago. The idea for doing it, however, has been in the making for some months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is this new project? I’ve started to Write Every Day<\/a>. What am I writing? Start by reading Page 1<\/a>\u00a0and find out for yourself. Plus, if I told you the topic here, Page 3<\/a>\u00a0would become pointless. But without Page 2<\/a> you wouldn’t have any common thread. I reckon Page 1<\/a> is eager to meet you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does this mean? Every day, for two focused hours, in the morning I’m at my desk writing and designing. More on my love for making below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to today’s Chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I have been sued. It\u2019s not glamourous\u2014any resemblance to Suits is mere coincidence. Having a healthy client relationship go hostile, especially for first time operators or a small studio, is demoralising, painful and, at times, humiliating. Borderline depressive, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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