[nickpsecurity]

You didn't need to backtrack. Your original comment summed it up nicely: be determined, creative, and willing to do anything necessary for your business to succeed. They did so and cleverly. beambot asking if you'd recommend that specific move any other time is a red herring in the big picture where that move is specific to a moment in time and probably only works once. Point is to make the move that keeps you successful, whatever it may be.

It was a good move, probably only works once, and anyone running a startup about to die should think up something as effective. Lesson learned.

EDIT: Interesting our replies came at almost exactly the same time.