Yesterday, I got an email alerting me to a new resource for entrepreneurs in Pittsburgh — something called Pittsburgh Business Builders. They meet twice a month and give fellow entrepreneurs the opportunity to:
- Network with like-minded entrepreneurs
- Meet professionals in your neighborhood
- Learn about a wide variety of business strategies
- Discover new ways to market your business
Sounds like a great idea, right? I thought so, but I no longer live in Pittsburgh, so I Twittered about it instead.
Shortly thereafter, Pittsburgher Jami Broom DMed me on Twitter to point out a questionable aspect of the PBB.
NOTE: The remainder of this post has been removed, as requested (via threat of legal action for defamation) by Andrew J. Cass. After researching his request, I’ve come to two conclusions:
- Truth and opinion may be two legal defenses against defamation claims, but
- Andrew J. Cass certainly has more time and money than I do.
So, as interested as I may be in hearing which elements of my original post he considered libelous, the near-complete absence of any negative commentary or criticism whatsoever concerning Andrew J. Cass online leads me to believe he’s either a far better human being than I am or a far more effective litigator. And, either way, we each have better things to do than sit around in a stuffy courtroom debating the intentions of words — for example, he digs paddle-boarding, while I dig sarcasm. And you don’t often find room for either of those in a court of law.
Tags: Business, common sense, networking, Pittsburgh, Social Media
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Justin,
As we tweeted about earlier, many people in my industry (SEO, Internet Marketing) come across as douche bag snakes and have seedy and unethical business practices. I come across these people all the time, and usually they are talking to me to learn more about SEO and how to make their “business” profitable.
To answer your question, sadly, the reason they mistake entrepreneurs for suckers and the reason they exist is because, they actually make money off this BS. And people take the bait. People, whether an entrepreneur or not, are suckers. Not all of them, but enough to reinforce these bonehead marketing practices.
[...] Now that Oprah’s on Twitter and everybody is connected to everybody… haven’t we evolved into a world where deceptive business practices are relatively easy to sniff out on-line? Justin Kownacki just wrote an awesome post about a relatively minimal amount of detective work he di…. [...]
I can only believe this is some sort of marketing ploy you both setup, because now I really want to see the rest of this post. Also, I’m now aware of Mr. Cass’ existence, and probably wouldn’t of otherwise. Not that it’s done either of us any good.
crafty.
Justin, you suck – put your post back up. It’s your blog, it’s your opinion, you can say whatever you want.
Seriously? Scared of going to court for something you thought? What is this, 1984?
Actually, if you explore the links above, I’m not sure I need to say anything at all…