My web services company built an eBay/Craigslist clone for Milton about 10 years ago. Trump level bullshitter but with an indomitable drive. Despite being a returned Mormon missionary Trevor has a loose ethical screw.
He told us he has just cashed out of an alarm company for $1M when he engaged us. Turns out that was typical Trevor hype... he had gotten nowhere near that amount. Would sometimes pay his invoices with stacks of $50 American Express prepaid cards. Drove my bookkeeper bananas. I assume the reason was rewards related. His claims for traffic on his Upillar platform were ludicrous; made out of whole cloth. Hired Glenn Beck to shill for him. Drove a comically lifted 4WD truck with UPillar emblazoned all over it and seem to always have plenty of motorized toys... boats, ATVs, etc. All funded by investors. At the end he poached one of our employees and left us. I was glad to be rid of him; the engagement was never comfortable for me.
That’s hilarious! So Trevor is like a real-life Erlich Bachman from Silicon Valley, complete with an Aviato car. Meanwhile he’s churning prepaid cards to farm a few dollars per card.