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I know a couple of people on that list. They are mediocre, at best. So that casts a lot of doubt on Forbes ability/interest in filtering membership. My sense i
by maest 2y ago
I know a couple of people on that list. They are mediocre, at best. So that casts a lot of doubt on Forbes ability/interest in filtering membership.
My sense is that you can network/buy your way onto the list.
- jwilber 2y agoYou absolutely do pay to be on that list, definitely an anti-signal.
- trsohmers 2y agoI was put on it in 2015 after an acquaintance of mine that was previously on the list recommended me… I only heard from Forbes a few days before the list came out, they asked me for a photo and asked if I approved the 2 sentence blurb they prepared, and that was it. For years afterwards they would try to get me to come to their events, but I never had any interest, and I assume that was how they made money… but I never paid anything to be on the list or had real interest in being on it, and I don’t think it led to anything other than my technically illiterate parents thinking that it was impressive.