[aohtsab]

Wouldn't the investors be able to see through the smoke, though? I mean, if a phony starts getting peppered with technical questions, and he balks, shouldn't that be a giveaway?

[troels]

It's hard enough to tell the phonies from the real thing, for a domain expert. Investors are usually not experts at their domain, and only have limited time to assert the person.

[mkramlich]

If the "phony" peppered with tech questions was patio11, I'm sure he could handle the questions well enough. :)

[ramchip]

In Chinese at a carpet convention? ;)

[mkramlich]

Never underestimate the power of A/B testing :P