Your comment is making me think that maybe I should find a way to get more community input before doing my interviews so I can improve my research.
Having said that, on the day I did my interview, I don't think the ads that Gambit/Zynga/others ran were considered scams. Facebook itself didn't have a problem with them and respected investors like Fred Wilson didn't object either.
Even the HN community (which is quick to point out what I miss) didn't call the business a scam when I ran my interview. Perception in this industry changed after the TC article. Industry standards changed after that.
What's considered right in an industry often changes. If you listen to my interview with Matt Mullenweg, you'll hear him say that the way he promoted Wordpress in the early days might be considered spam today.
Industry standards change.
Give my work another try akamaka. I keep improving it based on feedback like yours.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I guess it's a bit unfair for me to expect you to get at the personal motivations and philosophy of a startup founder, while at the same time grilling them on the ethics behind their business. I have to say I did enjoy the interview at the time, and watched the entire thing, and only afterwards did I question its value.
As for Chipotle, I am living pretty far from where it originated. Maybe the quality control is lower here. I'll give it another try when I'm in California.
Having said that, on the day I did my interview, I don't think the ads that Gambit/Zynga/others ran were considered scams. Facebook itself didn't have a problem with them and respected investors like Fred Wilson didn't object either.
Even the HN community (which is quick to point out what I miss) didn't call the business a scam when I ran my interview. Perception in this industry changed after the TC article. Industry standards changed after that.
What's considered right in an industry often changes. If you listen to my interview with Matt Mullenweg, you'll hear him say that the way he promoted Wordpress in the early days might be considered spam today.
Industry standards change.
Give my work another try akamaka. I keep improving it based on feedback like yours.
And give Chipotle another try. It's really good.