Re:An Open Letter To All Startup Founders
by tptacek on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @10:51AM
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I've worked at companies that used strip clubs as part of their sales process. I won't again if I can help it. I'd avoid working at a company that posted a photo like this, too.
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The photographic evidence is far worse than the act, at least from a practical perspective. If a customer really wants to go to a strip club, it might be worth it to go, but you don't want to 1) establish a reputation for doing business in strip clubs or 2) have random people later associate your company with strip clubs.
I disagree about the cost/benefit of selling using strip clubs. When you concede to taking customers to strip clubs, you in effect declare your sales team to be a male-only operation. Fuck that. Not worth it.
That's a valid concern. (I don't think I've yet met a female salesperson or even sales engineer in enterprise tech, security, or networking, but being on the leading edge of change there would be desirable.)