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8ytecoder
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Ask HN: What credit card does your US startup use?
On that note: create an alias accountspayable@ or something equivalent and use that for all invoicing. Absolutely disallow signing up for services with individual user accounts.
pbreit
on April 12, 2017
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Why? I can't stand that and can't fathom the purpose.
toyg
on April 12, 2017
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Uh, for the same reasons parent mentioned: if the guy owning the account leaves (or steps under a bus), you're screwed.
pbreit
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I have never seen that be an issue. Ever.
Add: It seems to me an extremely remote possibility and trivially resolved.
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on April 13, 2017
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"I have never had a car accident, therefore it's fine for me to drive like a maniac."
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Clearly others have. I guess you can consider yourself lucky. It's a matter of mitigating risk.
pertymcpert
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No, it happens.
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