Re:Ask HN: Can we have a conversation on startup swag waste?
by Gigachad on Thursday March 17, 2022 @06:03PM
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The stuff has become so cheap and junky that it's basically useless. Like they hand out bluetooth speakers which sound worse than laptop speakers. And then the company gets stuck with box loads of this ewaste junk when branding changes. I think the least wasteful idea I saw was the company branding on a packet of mints. At least thats something almost everyone wants and isn't any more wasteful than store mints.
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Re:Ask HN: Can we have a conversation on startup swag waste?
by KennyBlanken on Thursday March 17, 2022 @06:26PM
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I remember working at a company where some idiot in marketing ordered a thousand or so clear bouncy-balls with the company logo that had electronics inside that flashed red LEDs and made an obnoxious chime through a loud piezo speaker. They were almost the size of lacrosse ball. They were useless even for just idle play because you could probably punch a hole in a wall with one, damage equipment, or hurt someone.
To this day I have no idea what the hell they were thinking.
Re:Ask HN: Can we have a conversation on startup swag waste?
by InitialLastName on Thursday March 17, 2022 @06:10PM
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There was someone at a trade show I went to a few years ago (like all the rest) selling a product called (in industry) a "lunchbox" who was giving away branded snack-sized boxes of raisins.