PR agencies

“Well, the whole fricking point is that they can help translate this very wonky thing that you do to an audience that will then write it down, have to write it down in plain English to an even broader audience, right? So you don't want to benchmark them on how …”

“They want, you know, a minimum budget of, let's say, 10,000 dollars a month, which is tough for a very early stage company. And for a seed stage company, that probably doesn't make sense.”

“I mean, like, yeah, I don't think Apple has really used PR agencies. There are models where you don't have an agency at all.”

“Do not bring in the shiny object from DC or the shiny object from New York if that is not your account team. Bring the people who are going to work on the account.”

“If the agency actually wants to repitch the business, you should fire them again. Because it's just a stupid ass decision. Replace the revenue, learn from why is the account gone, and then move the hell on.”