Data brokering is the new dropshipping, warns founder calling out inflated ARR claims
realsohamparekh · x · 2026-10-28
A commentary on the data licensing industry argues it has become 'the new dropshipping' in the past four months, flooded with brokers whose only moat is spam-calling SMB owners for micro1 referral fees. The author warns readers to ignore young founders claiming $200M run rates based on one day of contracted (not paid) revenue, calling them modern Elizabeth Holmeses. The poster also claims an '11M ARR' from making $5k in an hour trading small caps.
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