You've got to give it to Josh Fetcher, he's great at writing "content" that drags you in and forces you to read it through and through. Do I respect him as a b

You've got to give it to Josh Fetcher, he's great at writing "content" that drags you in and forces you to read it through and through. Do I respect him as a businessperson or as a professional? No. In my first week in San Francisco (last May), I went to a "growth marketing meetup" - yes I know, I know. He was talking about how he had a scraper that looked for people with certain keywords in their bio, and then tweeted at them, inviting them to events. He then boasted about how people thank him for the personalised "outreach" and how he had a secondary program that ran accounts that would then favorite that tweet to provide "social proof." I couldn't believe what I was hearing, much less that people were clapping at this! I really dislike the dishonesty of this type of growth hacking. Josh is the kind of guy to talk up his how "amazing" his company culture is in one post, but then talks about firing an employee on their first day (but cleverly painting it as a sad side effect of #startuplife). He's worked for what, 5 "amazing" startups (never heard of them lol), yet got fired/quit suspiciously quickly from all of them? He'll post about how he's got a company where they boast about having "$500k in deals" (a deal isn't a deal until it's signed mate, regardless of what they say). But then again - what is the point of me saying this. This is a guy who recently posted about how he's "26 and won't take your advice." This sort of crap might fly while the industry is booming, but when the tide goes out, we'll see who's been swimming without togs. Good riddance.