[ptaoussanis]

Actually, I wish it were simpler still ;)

I guess it's just a difficult situation: especially with the geographical distance, a gut feeling is probably all I'll have to work with.

I'm curious though: is this not a common problem? Outside of the partner context, I don't often see discussions of trust relating to startups.

And about the value of the implementation: of course, I'm sure plenty could come up with the same or better solutions. The trick is that no one seems to have -yet- (publicly, at least) - which means that there may still be some ephemeral advantage to the first mover.