[nikcub]

> If you are even remotely serious as an entrepreneur, you should be able to get 4 diamond endorsements with a handful of emails/phone calls

I dont think 'serious' entrepreneurship involves calling people and getting them to agree to give you a point in some scheme when it is of no cost to them.

How about putting your energy into getting users or finishing your product, is that an endorsement that 'serious entrepreneurs' should be pursuing?

I also don't understand why you are asking for an application fee, especially considering how expensive it can be for bootstrap businesses and international startups. You are, afterall, looking for companies to fund - putting a financial barrier to applying will only reduce the field. I am also not comfortable with companies who pay to apply and then who don't make it blowing that fee.

Your title is also misleading. It isn't $1M, it is up to 100k. Just be straight up.

The intentions here are good, but the model is totally backward