Owner Held Hostage ** How to Avoid Technical Extortion ** A Buyer's Guide   Dear Friend, Have you ever had the sick feeling of being held hostage by an outside expert? Perhaps you felt helpless that you couldn’t regain control of your project. Maybe you felt angry because the budget kept creeping upwards. You probably wanted a project-sized “undo” button! If you are beginning a website or software project, you are about to buy a service. You may be thinking of it as a thing – a product. It isn’t. It’s a pile of hours from a team of skilled craftsmen who probably know more than you do about the arena you are entering. Read this ebook to level the playing field. Read it to plan better, buy smarter, and increase the odds that your project will succeed. Use what you learn here to avoid becoming a technical hostage. It took me thirty years and many scars to accumulate the wisdom in these pages. I have cut out all the fluff and reduced it to only the critical items that you must know for your project to succeed. Practical "Owner Held Hostage is a quick read and full of practical tools. Michael makes good use of humor to drive home his points." Mike Iverson, President, Trilliam Financial   Savings "Following Michael’s advice in this ebook will definitely save you time and money." Tom Mallory, Partner, Acadia Associates   Helpful "Despite my IT-deprived tendencies, I enjoyed reading your ebook. It contains very good advice for someone like me who assumes that he is getting ripped off every time he buys IT products or services. The material is simple to read and geared towards the business owner." Tim Fulton, Vistage Chairman Here are just a few of the important topics I cover that will keep you from being a technical project victim: What You Are Really Buying Where to Find Good Partners Tricks for Budget Control Preventing a Drop in Quality How to Avoid Over-buying To your success... Michael Wilkes michael@dynamicanswers.com