4 ms·

What makes this story even cooler is that Cody was probably 19 when it happened. Thanks for sharing!

• pvg 17y ago
  It's certainly an interesting read although it's hard to see what is 'cool' about the outright unethical bits and the author's curious belief that if you don't personally gain (much) from taking someone's money for things you don't deliver, you're not actually ripping them off. Perhaps a framing more towards apology rather than 'useful advice for you!' might have been better, in places.
  • daeken 17y ago
    Perhaps I could've phrased things better, but I hope I made it clear that I do feel that we ripped people off. We hoped to make it clear that the Sapling Program was intended to support the project and that it was entirely possible that nothing at all would come of it, but even so it really sucked to see things go down the way they did. We made a lot of mistakes, but if nothing else, I've learned from them and done what I can to not hit them again. I feel bad for the people who supported us and ended up not getting their money's worth, and I never want to do that to a customer again.