Jumping the shark?
May 10, 2014, 8:43 pm
#31
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My guess is that he considered paying for the Residences ticket himself. He could write it off as a business expense. And it would definitely generate a lot of attention for his brand. But then it would appear that if he could just blow $20k, it would lead to the inevitable discussion and criticism of just how much he makes. (Or the accusations that his parents self-fund.... a claim I find absurd.)
And if he didn't pull the trigger quickly, somebody else would. And in this game, there's no value in being #2.
So he was between a rock (fund it himself), a hard place (Kickstart it), and a gaping hole on his A380 checklist!
And if he didn't pull the trigger quickly, somebody else would. And in this game, there's no value in being #2.
So he was between a rock (fund it himself), a hard place (Kickstart it), and a gaping hole on his A380 checklist!
May 10, 2014, 8:58 pm
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May 10, 2014, 9:02 pm
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My point was more about not wanting to be the second to do a Kickstarter campaign to fund it. I can only imagine there's a few bloggers out there would have gone for it.
May 10, 2014, 10:16 pm
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Kickstarter has been around for 5 years. If a blogger was gonna do it, they would have done it already. Plus, I would think other bloggers would value their dignity more.
May 11, 2014, 5:37 am
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May 11, 2014, 9:43 am
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they just hadn't thought of it yet!I remember him making some vague comments once along those lines. For what it's worth, I think the only discussion on his blog was this from last year, couple of years after he graduated college I believe:
http://boardingarea.com/onemileatati...-the-airlines/
...One such assumption is that I’m a trust fund baby and my family pays for all my travel. I don’t think it’s fair to my family to bring their financial situation into this, but let me simply say that assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. While I’m fortunate to have parents that are extremely supportive of my job/hobby, they’ve never been in a situation to fly me around the world in first class, and certainly don’t fund my travels. I’ve been supporting myself since I was 18, was fortunate not to have to pay a dime to attend college (which, in retrospect, is probably what I valued the entire experience at), and do probably spend a disproportionate amount of my income on travel...