grantsch

I’m shocked at the lack of knowledge here.

If you think a bad actor is targeting you, DO NOT REPLY.

They will not honor your opt out request but they may use your number in the future as you’ve confirmed there’s a human behind it. They may even sell lists of repliers to other bad actors.

There is no incentive whatsoever without profit motive to help others repeatedly in an efficient way

Large organizations just further exacerbate this

Dude do you not have a credit or debit card?

Seriously asking

We need to wash out these capital destroying companies/managers/investors

It's been like a race to light capital on fire across every industry up to now

.com is very important

Especially for email deliverability

Using other TLDs is a mistake

Yes I am aware that lying and cheating is very common behavior

In those lines of work where it's especially common, ethical behavior can be a competitive advantage

Yes you are correct that lying and cheating does have a long history

Yes that is 1 way to justify compromising your ethics

Yeah or maybe you could just be honest and not cheat. That's a good option too.

What basis do you have to think that VC investors "on-average still make a lot of money"

There doesn't seem to be a lot of evidence of that if you're talking about LPs

that's only true for unprofitable activity

Why would you not price "sales and marketing" into CAC

That's what causes the A in CAC

I really think that's part of what drives a lot the confusion here among companies

What about 6 months later when competitors arrive?

Not all markets are winner takes all or even close to it