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I based the assumption off of this anecdote: > But no deals were ever finalised. By February 2021, not a single client contract had been signed.

• smorgusofborg 5y ago
  Yeah, but there's no reason to think some weren't stacking up on his desk and managing an agency successfully working average contracts wasn't what he was after.
  • awb 5y ago
    Right, but the point remains that the company made no money. It’s a lot of effort to do what he did and to not sign 1 contract especially as employee’s 6mo paychecks were coming up is still surprising to me.
    • smcl 5y ago
      So I read this too but it sounded like it was based on accounts from employees BBC could get hold of. I guess it's possible it's true but I find it hard to believe such a business could exist for a couple of months with absolutely no sales whatsoever.
    • smorgusofborg 5y ago
      I kind of suspect he was doing it all to build his personal profile as a potential CEO or management "influencer". If it wound down quietly with no contracts as an explanation for no hires, perhaps he would have already been on to a hefty salary somewhere chaotic but real leaving his fake partner winding things down.