You encounter lots of crazy people while fundraising for your startup. The results can be entertaining. Here's my favorite:
https://medium.com/p/872e3afdec9f
My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
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Re: My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
#2Is there any particular reason why you didn't do the usual thing and submit the actual link, including your "descriptive" text in the actual article?
Re: My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
#3Is there any particular reason why you didn't do the usual thing and submit the actual link, including your "descriptive" text in the actual article?
No particular reason, just giving a 2-sentence context to why I posted the link.
Re: My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
#4Is there any particular reason why you didn't do the usual thing and submit the actual link, including your "descriptive" text in the actual article?
No particular reason, just giving a 2-sentence context to why I posted the link.
Seems particularly obvious given this audience. You do know that submissions without URLs are punished in the rankings, making it less likely to reach the front page, and hence less likely to get much attention, yes?
It's also less likely to get readers, because it isn't a clickable link.
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#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
No particular reason, just giving a 2-sentence context to why I posted the link.
Seems particularly obvious given this audience. You do know that submissions without URLs are punished in the rankings, making it less likely to reach the front page, and hence less likely to get much attention, yes? It's also less likely to get readers, because it isn't a clickable link.
ahh that would be because I"m an idiot. Thanks for the heads up.
Re: My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
#6Good post, just wish you'd name the "investor."
Re: My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
#7Good post, just wish you'd name the "investor."
Email me. bernie[at]bombfell[dot]com
Re: My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems particularly obvious given this audience. You do know that submissions without URLs are punished in the rankings, making it less likely to reach the front page, and hence less likely to get much attention, yes? It's also less likely to get readers, because it isn't a clickable link.
ahh that would be because I"m an idiot. Thanks for the heads up.
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Re: My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
#9Clickable:
Re: My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor
#10Clickable: https://medium.com/p/872e3afdec9f
Thanks :)