This should really serve as a lesson for startups on how <i>not</i> get your name out there.<p>In an industry (infosec) that&#x27;s built on reputation and experience, you can&#x27;t just go into it and start running your company like the &quot;Price is Right&quot; and offer all kinds of gimmicks to get people to buy into your product.<p>The way you win is to humbly hand over your source code to the community, have them pen test it and then graciously accept any advice or flaws they point out. Then work tirelessly to make it better and prove you take the people and the other companies in your space seriously.<p>Infosec is no joke either and you shouldn&#x27;t treat the people in the industry like a bunch of idiots. This is a prefect example of a lifelong sales guy, using worn out sales pitches to try and sell his product like an infomercial.