[Damn True]

Mark dosen't need me or anyone else to come to his aid, but just the same I am somewhat compelled, by virtue of a similar experience in my former career.

Iapitapun, here's a little role playing game for you.

Imagine you are sitting at work, doing something bitchin with your MSME, but you have a deadline for the project, and that deadline is this Friday the 28th.

Now while all this is going on some big fella who you've never seen nor heard of; with spiked hair, ear-rings, tatoos and a goatee (ok...thats me) comes into your office.

Now, right off the bat I start raising a ruckus screaming and yelling and asking if you got your degree from some diploma mill in the Philipines, shouting out loud about your questionable background, that of your co-workers and casting aspersions on the lineage of your dog.

Then, I go on-and-on about how it seems you have no freakin idea what you are doing since you have yet to publish the data on the project you are STILL WORKING ON.

Then, after all that, I ask, nay, I DEMAND that you to give me all of your measurements, the results of your R&D and essentially everything that you have done to differentiate your product from that of your competition.

Now you don't know if I'm some dude with a fat wad of cash burning a hole in my pocket, some wack-job off the street, or a competitor with a patent axe to grind. But what you do know is that I have insulted your credibility and questioned your integrity in front of others. If you didn't tell me to pound sand in my arse I'd be surprised.
I'm guessing Mark gave you a lot more of an answer than you would give me.

But here's the thing. I actually wouldn't do any of the above. If I was interested in what you were working on, the first thing I'd do is tell you what I want from my project and let you tell me (not sell me) if your product is even remotely close to what I'm looking for. Then I'd ask you to explain why, filling in any follow up questions on the features and benefits along the way. That's what I did when I first heard about Mark's system and ya know what? It worked. Try it.