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I came across this recently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l644fAxGzlw

Don't waste your time watching it. It's a promo video for yet another a very scammy looking ICO.

I watched through the entire 3 minute video, only because I found it increasingly amusing how long they were taking to "get to the point". As it turns out, this video is 3 minutes of stock videos of Dubai with a pseudo-inspirational voiceover about nothing in particular, followed by their logo being shown for a mere 10 seconds at the end.

I couldn't believe that this wasn't a parody (at least, I don't think it is), it's exactly like something out of HBO's Silicon Valley show.

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"Life goes on" is rich coming from Gurbaksh Chahal, a guy that kicked his girlfriend 117 times.

http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/gurbaksh-chahals-ugly...

what a terrible human being.

A $500 fine for brutal assault?

I had to pay a larger fine for forgetting to pay a $40 ticket.

That's why they call it "F--- You" money.

... This seems normal for the US system. Punishments aren't exactly reflective of the crime, partially stemming from some of the "tough on crime" pushes in the 90's.

"The First A.I. Big Data Marketing Cloud for BlockChain"

This is pure comedy.

OK granted it has AI, big data, cloud and blockchain, but is it social? That's what I wanna know. Never forget social, because that's what leads to viral. Also engine. We need an engine. If it was a viral AI bigdata social marketing cloud engine for blockchain, then you'd have something.

The AI drives the decisioning engine.

Call one of our solutioneers or successsmiths to arrange a Webex demo.

Well, at least there's no "Uber/Airbnb for .." part

Missing AR/VR there.

and IoT.

I feel like I'm getting left behind with all the wank words these days, I swear it was only yesterday that we were still giggling about 'clicks and mortar'.

I highly recommend a read through the "Learning Techniques" over at his other company's product page: https://gravity4.com/product/

You'll notice over there that you can "BELIMITLESS", if you like.

At least today this is making my world a better place.

It's cheesy. But the guy does have success in startups

https://belimitless.com/gurbaksh-chahal/

I ignored your warning and tried to watch it. After about a minute and a half of non-sequitur platitudes, I couldn't take it anymore!

Edit: It's fascinating like a train wreck. Imagine using this as the script for a scene where someone is on the phone with their dad, who is in a room with a bomb that will detonate exactly 3 minutes and 6 seconds from now (but we compress it to 2 minutes because the actor will be saying the lines very fast) and the dad hurriedly and tearfully tries to deliver all the advice he can cram in. As he remembers things to say in pretty much random order, he blurts them out.

By skipping the second half, you missed the push of "I've been on Oprah, therefore this company will be successful". Seriously, the last 20 seconds before the logo reveal starts is footage of him on Oprah.

I guess it is like the nigerian posts full of grammar errors, they are designed to filter all but the most stupid marks.

> I watched through the entire 3 minute video, only because I found it increasingly amusing how long they were taking to "get to the point".

I think that's on purpose. They want you to invest time in it so that the sunk-cost-fallacy prevents you from admitting to yourself that it's a scam. It's the same reason that many courses start with a free video "but first, a little bit of history" or something.

Is this how guys like Ramit Sethi and other blogging self help guys get away with selling shoddy quality products? You basically read their free material and have invested insane amounts of time, that you might as well fork over $400 a month for slightly better material.

parishilton Looking forward to participating in the new #LydianCoin Token! #ThisIsNotAnAd #CryptoCurrency #BitCoin #ETH #BlockChain

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYmAdNGn9K0/?hl=en

I thought that was satire before I clicked.

That was amazingly vacuous.

Feels very scammy. Brought to you by Gurbaksh Chahal..

"Live in such a way, that if someone spoke badly of you, no one would even believe it".

What I can't believe is who the hell would watch this video and think anything other than "run away".

You sold that video short. I mean c'mon, they clearly state at the end that they are the first marketing cloud for blockchain. It doesn't get any clearer than that! /s

So glad this conversation is being had. I figured me not understanding how the new hype machine works was a function of me getting old and slowly slipping into senility.

It frustrates me so much especially when smaller companies are doing this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWOGbu5BcT0

My god... wow

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