A founder called asking for help but wouldn't say what their company does, how much traction they have, or what they actually need. The presenter explains why this kills a call and why vague positioning signals a bigger problem in the market.
And let me tell you about something else that pisses me off. Last time I started the episode, someone pissed me off. Today, someone pissed me off again. You know what? I can only tell you this afterwards, after we— But here's what happened. So, one of my friends introduced me to this GEO company, okay? And basically, I spoke with them and they're like, I'm like, we start the call. It's like, oh yeah, we don't want to ask you for anything yet. I'm like, okay, well, tell me about your product. So, I don't really get much about their product, okay? And then they're like, oh, they don't tell me much about the product. I'm like, okay, so how's your traction right now? You guys are looking to raise another round, 'cause they're looking to partner with me, right? They wouldn't tell me their traction, they wouldn't tell me about the product. I'm like, so what do you guys want, right? And then they're like, well, you know, we don't want to ask for anything, we want to ask what you want first. I'm like, dude, you're like pissing me off. Like, you're like, I get on this call, 'cause my friend asked me to get on this call, and then it's like, you don't tell me what you guys really do, you don't give me enough info, and then like you don't tell me about your traction, so how the F am I supposed to help you? Right. Right? And then you do this whole thing, like this weird positioning thing where you're like, well, I want to help you first. It's like, I really want to cuss right now. I'm just like, and I was like, guys, you're really annoying me right now. And I said that on the call and I'm just like, I'm giving you feedback right now. If you're going to take these calls in the future, like you need to be specific about your ask because I have no idea how to help you right now. And, but it's one of those content creation tools again. So then, but the thing is, what my point of saying this is that these content creation tools seem to be going on a downward trend right now.
