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No, it sounds like you're against legalization.
How so?
They legalized it, but not the "right" way, according to you.
A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8B Company
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Yeah illegally running a cab is basically the same thing as being Rosa Parks.
Correct. While ride-sharing services aren't perfect, they have significantly reduced rates of service refusals and long-wait times based on race.
By that argument, start a company selling fentanyl because there will be demand for it?
Sorry, but your implied argument is flawed.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is this platonic ideal of a vibe code business that doesn't rely on some outside vendor to create value? If all you're offering is something for a niche (CRM just for car repair business), that's getting cloned yesterday. Unless your value is locked behind some moat, like hiring licensed doctors, you won't survive, and even then.
Just pointing out a business that is fundamentally about doctors prescribing and delivering compounded GLP-1 is not something "agents" will whip up for you, nor is it a one-man business.
My one-man business uses AWS and a bank and some vendors. AWS and the bank and my vendors have many people working there. Is it still a one man business?
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#54"That gave Matthew Gallagher breathing room to fix some shortcuts he had initially taken, like swapping out the before-and-after weight-loss photos for ones from real customers. Some photos on Medvi’s homepage remain A.I.-generated." Cool, another scammy internet company preying on people's insecurities. Glad the NY Times spent the effort to tell us about it and didn't spend any time questioning this company [1]. [1]…
In the US, the culture is to celebrate success and wealth. Not how you achieved them.
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#55The founder is impressive.
Truly, if you look over his website, you would not think this is a company that generates millions in profit a year.
He claims he has switched over from using AI-generated profits to real customer testimonials. That's a misrepresentation, if not a lie.
Most of the images still look like they have the unnatural fuzziness of AI images.
Website is also coded as one long-scrolling page, again suggesting this is a company who does not offer a unique product with value proposition.
Honestly, this is a company that looks like it succeeded only by optimizing employee head count and customer acquisition cost
And if that's what it takes to succeed, fair play.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Correct. While ride-sharing services aren't perfect, they have significantly reduced rates of service refusals and long-wait times based on race.
By that argument, start a company selling fentanyl because there will be demand for it? Sorry, but your implied argument is flawed.
You might have to hold my hand on how you got there.
My actual argument was the ride-sharing addressed systemic racism that yellow cab companies did not, that is a good thing.
What net good would fentanyl do to society? If it exists, then yes, sell it. Clean, reliable fentanyl might be a good thing, I don't know.
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#57"That gave Matthew Gallagher breathing room to fix some shortcuts he had initially taken, like swapping out the before-and-after weight-loss photos for ones from real customers. Some photos on Medvi’s homepage remain A.I.-generated." Cool, another scammy internet company preying on people's insecurities. Glad the NY Times spent the effort to tell us about it and didn't spend any time questioning this company [1]. [1]…
In the US, the culture is to celebrate success and wealth. Not how you achieved them.
Yes and look how well that's working out for most
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the US, the culture is to celebrate success and wealth. Not how you achieved them.
Yes and look how well that's working out for most
Most of us should be honest and admit we're jealous of this guy.
He basically chose a sector where customers are desperate (weight-loss drugs), slapped a website and an interface for connecting with a drug prescription provider together, did effective marketing, and now his business generates millions a month in profit.
Like, there are a half dozen companies like his running around that essentially offer the same product and prices because they are all customer interfaces stop the same provider.
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#59Re: A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8B Company
#60"That gave Matthew Gallagher breathing room to fix some shortcuts he had initially taken, like swapping out the before-and-after weight-loss photos for ones from real customers. Some photos on Medvi’s homepage remain A.I.-generated." Cool, another scammy internet company preying on people's insecurities. Glad the NY Times spent the effort to tell us about it and didn't spend any time questioning this company [1]. [1]…
I’m pretty sure the writer included this and other details precisely so that readers would understand the ethics of this company.