Based on your unfounded claims and accusations on a completely neutral subject matter as well as your anonymous status, it seems as if you have a personal issue with either myself or my company. I would encourage you to contact me directly to get the facts straight and then talk about my organization or myself however you see fit.

Below is a repost of a comment I made directly on your blog:

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First, I would like to say that I am always open to discussing the business philosophy and services of digital-telepathy. In addition, if you question the authenticity of my sentiments in the below comment then you can call me at 619.255.8628 to discuss. Here’s a bit of background of what happened and what’s new in the last 90 days.

After we lost our engineers, I looked within dt and realized that we have an incredibly supportive and badass crew to build startups. We’re an even mix of designers, strategists, UI developers and marketers with multiple years of experience building businesses from scratch. We took 3 weeks and redefined our organization from the ground up. We wanted to stop being an agency that provided services and avoid the typical issues that come up in client/vendor relationships. We stopped working with clients that did not support this vision and started to rebuild. We honed our efforts on the aspects of business that we did best – web/business strategy and user-experience. We built 2 products out of these services, one to introduce an entrepreneur’s idea to market (Biz in a Box) and one to help startups grow into more mature businesses (Cultivate Engine). We partnered with Rails shops and priced the the products based on the effort and time it takes to develop and design the first stage of an application without cutting corners. The products were developed with the philosophy that a great idea for a web app/business can be developed in it’s simplest form (alpha/private beta) in 3 months. The app should be offered to those people that will benefit from it and their feedback should be used to mature the business, feature set, brand…etc. It’s simple really – we dig working with startups and have the combined experience and proficiencies to enable their ideas.

This story always precedes our discussion of services. We want people to understand what we have been through and why we do what we do. We don’t actually perform typical “sales” of our services. We meet with interested startups and entrepreneurs, explain our process and introduce them to our staff. We left them decide if it is the right fit. In fact, we turn a lot of prospects down regardless of their budget if we feel the concept lacks direction or potential. Our reputation in the industry is far more valuable than our revenue. We never claim to be the special sauce behind a startup or a turnkey solution for success. We exist to enable the entrepreneur to accomplish their startup’s goals as well as provide additional strategy and a structured process to get to market.

The revenue generated at dt is used for our overhead and is then reinvested in our own projects. We use our Biz in a Box process and partners to build out our concepts. We have a lot of skin in the startup game which allows us to relate directly to the pains and pleasure of our clients and colleagues. Our first app is championsound.com and was built in about 60 days.

Here’s an update from the last 90 days that should give further insight to what we are up to:

* We’ve recently optimized the 90 Day Web App process and were able to lower the cost to $100k.
* We’ve opened up our office to Coworking (http://www.dtelepathy.com/co-working)
* We are heading up an effort to bring together the startups in San Diego: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7529917723
* The TechCrunch article definitely gave us a lot of exposure and many prospects, yet it did not yield one client.
* We are on our 8th Biz in Box currently.

Most of our projects have been the 45 day plan where we perform all the web strategy and user experience. Because of this, many of the sites are not live to the public yet. We’ve found a nice niche helping out teams that have already started the development by fine tuning their strategy, enhancing their feature set and tying the UI to the backend. At this point, the only people that would truly be able to quantify our effectiveness would be our clients.

As for the profitability of the projects from the last 3 months – if we could find a way to restructure our organization, fill our pipeline with clients, pump out apps and have them be profitable – all in 90 days – I’d already be retired and writing this from a beach with a pina colada in hand :)

Web 2.0 “Biz in a Box” Service Revisited

“The answer was obvious to me: Digital Telepathy was basically exploiting wannabe entrepreneurs, even if this wasn’t the company’s intention. Instead of making realistic promises (i.e. “we’ll help you build your web application”), they made promises that I still believe are essentially impossible to keep (i.e. “we’ll deliver a fully-functional business with a solid strategy and business model in 90 days”).

Because Web 2.0 is increasingly filled with bullshit and Digital Telepathy’s claims weren’t a whole lot more foul-smelling than all the bullshit lining the streets of Sand Hill Road, I forgot about it.”

http://www.drama20show.com/2008/02/22/web-20-biz-in-a-box-service-revisited/

MORE:

LAWSUIT: Green Mountain Energy Company v. Digital-Telepathy, Inc. et al

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-txwdce/case_no-1:2007cv00252/case_id-231601/

“Biz In A Box” Service Another Sign that Web 2.0 is Running Long in the Tooth

“There are always opportunists who look to exploit atmospheres of euphoria for their own personal gain and Web 2.0 has created a significant amount of euphoria. But the most telling sign that the Web 2.0 euphoria is likely peaking (besides the seven signs revealed in Bible 2.0) is that such a blatant attempt at exploiting the euphoria received a positive plug on one of the most prominent Web 2.0 blogs.”

http://www.drama20show.com/2007/11/13/biz-in-a-box-service-another-sign-that-web-20-is-running-long-in-the-tooth/

Web 2.0 Biz In A Box. Seriously.

“Here’s the deal. You pay these douchebags anywhere between $15,000 and $250,000, and they will take your idea through all of the important Web 2.0 steps. In order, they are:

* Coming up with an idea for a product that has existed for the past 15 years.
* Writing it with a shitty MySQL backend. (Includes time spent not understanding the differences between MyISAM and InnoDB.)
* Pitching it to Mike Arrington.
* Defending it in the comment threads on Uncov.”

http://www.uncov.com/2007/11/12/web-2-0-biz-in-a-box-seriously

Digital Telepathy: Business In A Box

“How can a company offer a turn-key business-in-a-box service without regard for the specifics? By taking a common denominator approach, and not paying a lot of attention to the client’s need for differentiation, I bet.

This reminds me of the era in the last bubble when everyone’s logo looked the same, with an electron swooshing around the name of the company.”

“I wonder if Digital Telepathy used their own 15 day process to come up with this business model?”

http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2007/11/digital-telepat.html

Your ideas highlight your tenacity and your future continue sucess!!! loved the article,
and Yap, Our Heart it’s always talking to us!!! we just need to quiet our mind and listen!
Well written my friend! FIVE Starts from me!! and a Big Hug :)
America Escobar

-Cory Clubb