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Re: Ask HN: What has maxklein of blog.cubeofm.com made?

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Post by thefinder »

barmstrong wrote: post #20
maxklein wrote: post #8

Why don't you just email me if you are so curious? My business model is easy to duplicate and posting something like this is not good for me, I would prefer it if you would just do this privately.

I'm hoping for the best here - your blog posts are great. But it does seem a little suspicious that you can't talk about your business in public. I can't think of a single legit business where talking about it openly didn't benefit the business (especially once the product is launched).

I agree with the feeling. The posts are interesting reads, but early on there was discussion of social engineering that didn't smell right... There are a number of interesting domains registered to a maximus klein with the following contact:

Maximus Klein (maxim19055@yahoo.com) 81 City Road London United Kingdom,EC1Y 1BL GB Tel. +44.8452802710

close to the cubeofm registration .. a domain name with a "vitch" in the ending as well... Our Max says this isn't him though...

Re: Ask HN: What has maxklein of blog.cubeofm.com made?

#62

Post by jacquesm »

maxklein wrote: post #26

Okay, for the curious, I will make you a deal. Anyone who emails me today or tomorrow, I will provide them with a link to the things I do, provided you will keep it to yourself. I will make a mass-email tommorow and send it to everyone. Then please don't ask me anymore till August, I am not yet ready for the publicity. It's getting late now and I want to sleep, I don't want to stay awake and be nervously watching thi…

I'd caution against it. If you have planned to wait until August, you should do so. Don't let yourself be goaded in to doing something you otherwise would not unless you perceive a clear benefit from it.

I'm as curious as everybody else here but I won't be mailing you because I think you should call the shots on this one.

Re: Ask HN: What has maxklein of blog.cubeofm.com made?

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Post by pclark »

thefinder wrote: post #61
barmstrong wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm hoping for the best here - your blog posts are great. But it does seem a little suspicious that you can't talk about your business in public. I can't think of a single legit business where talking about it openly didn't benefit the business (especially once the product is launched).

I agree with the feeling. The posts are interesting reads, but early on there was discussion of social engineering that didn't smell right... There are a number of interesting domains registered to a maximus klein with the following contact: Maximus Klein (maxim19055@yahoo.com) 81 City Road London United Kingdom,EC1Y 1BL GB Tel. +44.8452802710 close to the cubeofm registration .. a domain name with a "vitch" in the e…

posting a strangers contact details really isn't cool, especially in the context of this thread.

Re: Ask HN: What has maxklein of blog.cubeofm.com made?

#64

Post by adrianwaj »

maxklein wrote: post #26

Okay, for the curious, I will make you a deal. Anyone who emails me today or tomorrow, I will provide them with a link to the things I do, provided you will keep it to yourself. I will make a mass-email tommorow and send it to everyone. Then please don't ask me anymore till August, I am not yet ready for the publicity. It's getting late now and I want to sleep, I don't want to stay awake and be nervously watching thi…

Succumbing to peer pressure?

Re: Ask HN: What has maxklein of blog.cubeofm.com made?

#65

Post by alnayyir »

jdietrich wrote: post #42

Based on what Max has written, I think it'd be obvious why he doesn't want to say what he does - it would potentially ruin his business. Max has made it very clear that what he's doing isn't particularly complicated, difficult or innovative. It seems clear to me that that the value he creates is in identifying and targeting specific underexploited niches. I imagine that he has spent a lot of time and money on identif…

I think it's unfair to expect people to respect his desire to not have anyone probe into his business when he's braying DHH style about the money he's making on his business model and the trips he makes to Bangkok so that he can spend a month in a 5-star hotel, something myself and no one else I know personally has even done yet in their entire lives thus far.

So yeah, if he keeps poking his head out the hole like this, the axe is going to come down. At this point I'd be willing to bet there's at least a handful of people here who'd like to eat his lunch just for being so arrogant.

If you want secrecy, shut up.

Re: Ask HN: What has maxklein of blog.cubeofm.com made?

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Post by thefinder »

pclark wrote: post #63
thefinder wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree with the feeling. The posts are interesting reads, but early on there was discussion of social engineering that didn't smell right... There are a number of interesting domains registered to a maximus klein with the following contact: Maximus Klein (maxim19055@yahoo.com) 81 City Road London United Kingdom,EC1Y 1BL GB Tel. +44.8452802710 close to the cubeofm registration .. a domain name with a "vitch" in the e…

posting a strangers contact details really isn't cool, especially in the context of this thread.

I suppose it is cool for cubeofm domain registration to give the address for the Dog & Partridge Pubs then ehhh? As so many seem to be saying... it's suspicious smelling. Could be completely legit, but also could be like the KimKins lowcarbfriends thing and could use some investigation.. The items posted were straight from DNS registration public info...

Re: Ask HN: What has maxklein of blog.cubeofm.com made?

#67

Post by evannyx »

maxklein wrote: post #26

Okay, for the curious, I will make you a deal. Anyone who emails me today or tomorrow, I will provide them with a link to the things I do, provided you will keep it to yourself. I will make a mass-email tommorow and send it to everyone. Then please don't ask me anymore till August, I am not yet ready for the publicity. It's getting late now and I want to sleep, I don't want to stay awake and be nervously watching thi…

What's to stop anyone on the list from posting the info on the internet?

Wait until August. If you're not ready yet then you're not ready. Don't take unnecessary risks.

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