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Everyone who has interacted with Alex says he is a stand-up guy... and that counts for something. But if I took people's money to build them an X, and I failed
by dbecker 14y ago
Everyone who has interacted with Alex says he is a stand-up guy... and that counts for something.
But if I took people's money to build them an X, and I failed, I would feel really bad about it. I would offer a heartfelt apology, and I would give them what I could to compensate them for my failure.
Alex may have tried hard. And he probably doesn't have the money to refund to people. But he could help his case by being honest about the project, and to recognize that he failed to deliver to those who invested in him.
Not only will that calm many upset investors, but it's the right thing to do.
- woah 14y agoHe's a good guy, but some of his practices resulted in people getting very angry at him. He definitely believes in what he's trying to do and is very good getting other people to believe as well. People coded for him for weeks and sometimes months, under the assumption that some type of funding was going to come through. When it didn't, they were less than pleased. But I'm hesitant to comment any further because I may not have the full story on anything, having never been directly involved. Like I said, he sometimes let his gift of gab get ahead of him, promising things that were not possible with the resources he had at his disposal. He's one of the most persuasive people I know, and had an easy time talking people into things. Here's a previous venture of his, which also resulted in a lot of bad blood, although he seems to have resolved it to some degree: http://blog.sinthetik.com/?tag=tacticalcorsets http://blog.sinthetik.com/?tag=tacticalcorsets