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Op here. I sort of agree but all these tools offer affiliate programs and I can assure you we chose MailerLite because we think it’s a tool we can use for 5-10

Op here. I sort of agree but all these tools offer affiliate programs and I can assure you we chose MailerLite because we think it’s a tool we can use for 5-10 years. That being said: besides running a startup (Atlist.com) I also run an affiliate site (it’s how we funded Atlist) and I would agree there is good reason to read affiliate websites skeptically. I regularly receive offers from website builders to “buy” the top spot in my best website builder roundup. https://www.sitebuilderreport.com/best-website-builder https://www.sitebuilderreport.com/best-website-builder

hartator 2y ago
Shouldn’t you focus full-time on Altist instead of affiliate marketing? This seems an actual interesting product.
- haliskerbas 2y ago
  Similarly where do you feel like Elon, another entrepreneur should focus, Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, the AI thing, being a bully on X? Should we police the bandwidth of every founder?
  - qingcharles 2y ago
    And weirdly the dude is asking his staff to work "80+ hour weeks" on his alt account: https://x.com/cb_doge/status/1858177342436233511 https://x.com/cb_doge/status/1858177342436233511
  - blackqueeriroh 2y ago
    Probably he should focus on seeing a therapist and repairing his relationship with his kid
- theFco 2y ago
  While I think (as others say) we should not police op's time, I would like to know what is the reasoning the used when choosing between focusing and not having all your eggs in one basket. I think arguments by people making these choices would be very educational to me (as a person with a bit of a scatterd brain).
  - kremi 2y ago
    This is anecdotal but - A company I worked for wanted to be 100% focused on doing one thing. It was spending 10x more than it was making revenue. It went bankrupt. - Another company I worked for always insisted on not having all eggs in one basket. There was one big revenue maker that dwarfed the others though. The company is still around and doing well. I have quite a scattered brain too so I get the appeal of "choosing to focus". But looking others do it I see the risks : refusing to experiment and learn new stuff, or find new opportunities. EDIT: I'd like to add that focusing or not focusing is not a useful dichotomy, it's more about finding the right "exploration vs exploitation" balance.
rammer 2y ago
This is completely ridiculous dude, Op you are so critical of everyone else trying to make a buck don't you think there should be a bloody big disclaimer/ acknowledgement about your own twisted incentives there. Ohhhh and on this step we eliminated all the companies that don't have an affiliate program.. hmm but we'll say it's because they don't have feature x....
- steve-benjamins 2y ago
  ITS THE FIRST LINE OF THE PAGE!
  - HWR_14 2y ago
    Don't pretend that the positioning and font aren't both chosen to minimize the likelihood that people see and read that line. At least without violating legal disclosure requirements.
    - rammer 2y ago
      I never bloody saw it , until it was pointed out in the comments here.
  - blackqueeriroh 2y ago
    OP, you get no peer to convincing people by yelling at them. Take the feedback and move on.

hartator 2y ago

Shouldn’t you focus full-time on Altist instead of affiliate marketing? This seems an actual interesting product.

haliskerbas 2y ago
Similarly where do you feel like Elon, another entrepreneur should focus, Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, the AI thing, being a bully on X? Should we police the bandwidth of every founder?
- qingcharles 2y ago
  And weirdly the dude is asking his staff to work "80+ hour weeks" on his alt account: https://x.com/cb_doge/status/1858177342436233511 https://x.com/cb_doge/status/1858177342436233511
- blackqueeriroh 2y ago
  Probably he should focus on seeing a therapist and repairing his relationship with his kid
theFco 2y ago
While I think (as others say) we should not police op's time, I would like to know what is the reasoning the used when choosing between focusing and not having all your eggs in one basket. I think arguments by people making these choices would be very educational to me (as a person with a bit of a scatterd brain).
- kremi 2y ago
  This is anecdotal but - A company I worked for wanted to be 100% focused on doing one thing. It was spending 10x more than it was making revenue. It went bankrupt. - Another company I worked for always insisted on not having all eggs in one basket. There was one big revenue maker that dwarfed the others though. The company is still around and doing well. I have quite a scattered brain too so I get the appeal of "choosing to focus". But looking others do it I see the risks : refusing to experiment and learn new stuff, or find new opportunities. EDIT: I'd like to add that focusing or not focusing is not a useful dichotomy, it's more about finding the right "exploration vs exploitation" balance.

rammer 2y ago

This is completely ridiculous dude, Op you are so critical of everyone else trying to make a buck don't you think there should be a bloody big disclaimer/ acknowledgement about your own twisted incentives there. Ohhhh and on this step we eliminated all the companies that don't have an affiliate program.. hmm but we'll say it's because they don't have feature x....

steve-benjamins 2y ago
ITS THE FIRST LINE OF THE PAGE!
- HWR_14 2y ago
  Don't pretend that the positioning and font aren't both chosen to minimize the likelihood that people see and read that line. At least without violating legal disclosure requirements.
  - rammer 2y ago
    I never bloody saw it , until it was pointed out in the comments here.
- blackqueeriroh 2y ago
  OP, you get no peer to convincing people by yelling at them. Take the feedback and move on.