Founder on 10x inflated site numbers: "I didn't realize they had to be true"
dunkhippo33 · x · 2026-10-15
Part 7: confronted about the 10x gap between deck and website customer counts, the founder said, "Oh, I thought we needed to inflate our numbers to get more people interested. I didn't realize the numbers on your website had to be true." (See the thread root for the full story.)
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