One of the things that my father taught me was that your reputation was your most important asset. He taught me that the most important thing in life was to go to bed at night with the "knowingness" that you'd acted with integrity that day and every day. As important Dad taught me that you had to be able to look yourself in the mirror every morning and be proud of yourself.

I met a potential client the other day that inherited a legacy contract with a Web development company that actually he...