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Originally Posted by jjjay
Are you referring to the owners of match.com and suchlike? If yes, whether or not he's getting free publicity for the site, he's obviously well on their radar and I'm sure they're working furiously behind the scenes to fight against such competition.
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No, not at all. I'm not factoring in the competition. Who cares what they think. I'm talking about the VC firms and potential buyout partners he's targeting with this blitz of self promo. From what I can tell it's only him doing it and he's doing a good job to a point. What I'm referring to when I say he's overhyping himself into a corner is when he goes and makes statements like:
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"The market has been going crazy lately. I?ve had several $100 million buyout offers in the last few weeks..."
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You let others speculate or make that statement for you. Not for the fact that it isn't true, it may or may not be, but for the fact that when it comes out of his mouth it just seems like pure hype. That makes any investor pause.
The $4 million a year I wouldn't argue about. Plenty of people here make that so it's not some distant unachievable number to anyone in this business. Although your average mainstream moron is absolutely fascinated by it! LOL
I say good for him, the site is simple and even if he makes half of what he claims he's really doing well on a novel idea. While I'm not happy about the free dating trend I'm not bothered by his success.
The only thing I will say about him personaly that's not flattering is that I think it's time to hire a pro to keep the publicity wheels turning in the business circles. He needs some help. Webmasters are easy to flatter. The wrong statements can cost you a lot of money on the biz side of things.