My close encounter with a pay-to-pitch investor

[bernieyoo]

You encounter lots of crazy people while fundraising for your startup. The results can be entertaining. Here's my favorite:

https://medium.com/p/872e3afdec9f

[ColinWright]

Is there any particular reason why you didn't do the usual thing and submit the actual link, including your "descriptive" text in the actual article?

[bernieyoo]

No particular reason, just giving a 2-sentence context to why I posted the link.

[ColinWright]

Seems particularly obvious given this audience. You do know that submissions without URLs are punished in the rankings, making it less likely to reach the front page, and hence less likely to get much attention, yes?

It's also less likely to get readers, because it isn't a clickable link.

[bernieyoo]

ahh that would be because I"m an idiot. Thanks for the heads up.

[mindcrime]

Clickable:

https://medium.com/p/872e3afdec9f

[bernieyoo]

Thanks :)

[CrossWired]

Good job dodging these guys.

BTW, I'm an active client of yours and love what you have going.

[rajacombinator]

Why edit out their names? You should expose these morons so others don't waste time with them. Also your reply email was way too polite.

[_pius]

Good post, just wish you'd name the "investor."

[bernieyoo]

Email me. bernie[at]bombfell[dot]com