I don't think they really care to know whether you are lying or not. People ask this question because they want to put you in a tricky situation and see how you react.
Je vais me rappeler de Signsquid justement à cause de la pieuvre. J'aime l'idée et le personnage est très bien choisi. Le lien se fait automatiquement avec l'encre.
La question prend de sa pertinence en fonction de la clientèle que vous visez.
Votre style est jeune et dynamique alors j'assume que vous vous dirigez vers ce même genre de clientèle. Les start-up par exemple. Dans l'autre sens si vous souhaitez faire affaire avec le gouvernement ou des entités reconnus pour leur image complet cravate professionnel vous misez à côté de la traque à mon avis.
Faut pas oublier que votre service est vendu par le client qui l'a acheté. Alors si pour ma compagnie je dois aller voir un client sérieux (et imposant) je me sens gêné de lui présenter une grosse pieuvre gentille.
Enfin, c'est très subjectif, il n'y a pas de bonne réponse. C'est qui votre clientèle cible au fait?
Someone who thinks stopping SOPA is impossible, but on his Google+ page has the tagline: "No matter how intimidating the odds, always remain undaunted."
Way to stick to your guns, Jason.
I do agree in part with him though. Google, Facebook, et al. have been too quiet. Anti-SOPA propaganda should be somewhere highly visable on their websites. They need to at least spread the word about it.
If the numbers give your start-up a competitive advange, I say go on use it. It will attract customers, make you trustworthy (social proof kind of, be honest though) and scare the competition (or stimulate it, it depends on the strategy).
In the other hand, if your strategy is to make a big BANG at your launch, that you, for example, sell your product/services to small amount of customers, then now, being a ninja is the good way to go. And by small amount I mean an amount you can reach by phone for your start-up to be viable.
There is no such thing as good and bad decision. It depends on, oh.. wait.. your strategy.
There is no real start up, yet. But its pillars are being built, yet. And actually delivering enough of option to be sure its start will be hard to neglect.
It's sad you can't team up with people to create a greater product while you do your business work/innovation/generalistic work/legal/accounting etc. etc. you know the stuff a business man should do.
I'm in the same situation as you.
Maybe you lack the business man part?
Be honest, that's it. They will figure out if you are a fit in the team sooner or later anyway.