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Let's just refrain from going too far with any ambiguous quips at the product. I dont think anyone is going to gain from that.

by Jommi 6y ago

mad182 6y ago
But this is relevant. If both the product and her CV are weak, the racism card doesn't hold up. If I was deciding if I want to invest money in some app, I'm pretty sure seeing most of the reviews are poor quality fakes would be a lot more important factor than founders race.
- Jommi 6y ago
  You're mistaking the forest for the trees. You could go look at a handful of other funded apps and evaluate their reviews. You're going to find similar things. My point was that you don't need to get into a more subjective, personal quip, as the arguments brought by others (eg. The CV) here are already strong enough to dismiss the racism claim.
  - jjeaff 6y ago
    I think you are also missing the forest for the trees. The point of her post is that she submitted the exact same proposal to the exact same VCs from her husband's email instead of her own and actually started getting responses for the first time.
    - lightgreen 6y ago
      Or maybe that’s because her husband has a LinkedIn page which is easily googleable and mentions three years of working in Google, and she has zero relevant experience.
      - jjeaff 6y ago
        Her husband is on both decks. So at best, they didn't so much as glance at her pitch deck until the husband sent it. Or maybe they only look up the senders of the emails before deciding to even open the pitch deck. Seems rather odd.
paulchap 6y ago
I don't think any VC would like to be attached to the app if the author were to be committing fraud under the FTC Act. Not only are the app reviews suspicious, but the testimonial pictures[0] are definitely faked. [0] https://getbright.app/ https://getbright.app/
- anon102010 6y ago
  I thought this unlikely but doing a quick look This: https://reductress.com/post/the-best-haircuts-for-what-youve-arbitrarily-decided-is-your-face-shape/ https://reductress.com/post/the-best-haircuts-for-what-youve... is very close to the person (Sonya) on get bright's testimonials. https://getbright.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/testimonials-Sonya.png https://getbright.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/testimonial... It could be the same Sonya just doing other things (hair shots etc) of course so not certain they are fake testimonial photos but certainly weird.
  - paulchap 6y ago
    The one you found is the most ambiguous, since there's no background in the (cleverly) cropped testimonial photo, but Google Images turned up pictures for every single testimonial[0,1,2,3]. The timestamps from these websites go severy years back, as well. [0] https://www.stclairdentist.com.au/smile-makeover/ https://www.stclairdentist.com.au/smile-makeover/ [1] https://www.dmdentalgroup.com/articles/professional-teeth-whitening/ https://www.dmdentalgroup.com/articles/professional-teeth-wh... [2] https://helpingminds.org.au/new-geraldton/ https://helpingminds.org.au/new-geraldton/ [3] https://reductress.com/post/the-best-haircuts-for-what-youve-arbitrarily-decided-is-your-face-shape/ https://reductress.com/post/the-best-haircuts-for-what-youve...

Let's just refrain from going too far with any ambiguous quips at the product. I dont think anyone is going to gain from that.

by Jommi 6y ago

Let's just refrain from going too far with any ambiguous quips at the product. I dont think anyone is going to gain from that.

mad182 6y ago

But this is relevant. If both the product and her CV are weak, the racism card doesn't hold up. If I was deciding if I want to invest money in some app, I'm pretty sure seeing most of the reviews are poor quality fakes would be a lot more important factor than founders race.

Jommi 6y ago
You're mistaking the forest for the trees. You could go look at a handful of other funded apps and evaluate their reviews. You're going to find similar things. My point was that you don't need to get into a more subjective, personal quip, as the arguments brought by others (eg. The CV) here are already strong enough to dismiss the racism claim.
- jjeaff 6y ago
  I think you are also missing the forest for the trees. The point of her post is that she submitted the exact same proposal to the exact same VCs from her husband's email instead of her own and actually started getting responses for the first time.
  - lightgreen 6y ago
    Or maybe that’s because her husband has a LinkedIn page which is easily googleable and mentions three years of working in Google, and she has zero relevant experience.
    - jjeaff 6y ago
      Her husband is on both decks. So at best, they didn't so much as glance at her pitch deck until the husband sent it. Or maybe they only look up the senders of the emails before deciding to even open the pitch deck. Seems rather odd.

paulchap 6y ago

I don't think any VC would like to be attached to the app if the author were to be committing fraud under the FTC Act. Not only are the app reviews suspicious, but the testimonial pictures[0] are definitely faked. [0] https://getbright.app/ https://getbright.app/

anon102010 6y ago
I thought this unlikely but doing a quick look This: https://reductress.com/post/the-best-haircuts-for-what-youve-arbitrarily-decided-is-your-face-shape/ https://reductress.com/post/the-best-haircuts-for-what-youve... is very close to the person (Sonya) on get bright's testimonials. https://getbright.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/testimonials-Sonya.png https://getbright.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/testimonial... It could be the same Sonya just doing other things (hair shots etc) of course so not certain they are fake testimonial photos but certainly weird.
- paulchap 6y ago
  The one you found is the most ambiguous, since there's no background in the (cleverly) cropped testimonial photo, but Google Images turned up pictures for every single testimonial[0,1,2,3]. The timestamps from these websites go severy years back, as well. [0] https://www.stclairdentist.com.au/smile-makeover/ https://www.stclairdentist.com.au/smile-makeover/ [1] https://www.dmdentalgroup.com/articles/professional-teeth-whitening/ https://www.dmdentalgroup.com/articles/professional-teeth-wh... [2] https://helpingminds.org.au/new-geraldton/ https://helpingminds.org.au/new-geraldton/ [3] https://reductress.com/post/the-best-haircuts-for-what-youve-arbitrarily-decided-is-your-face-shape/ https://reductress.com/post/the-best-haircuts-for-what-youve...