OT: Hail and Unite Pitch at Alumni Association Event
Tonight I went to the Alumni Association event for the Greater Detroit club since I moved back to the area recently.
The leader of the Hail and Unite venture, Mike Weinberg pitched the idea to the group of 25-30. Key points:
-Vision for this idea stemmed from "We are the World" song
-Not meant to replace what exists
-Meant to combine student efforts and musicians "connected" to the university
-Will be crowdfunded
-Weinberg will be presenting this to the Chicago and Los Angeles Alumni Associations, probably others as well, but those were the only ones listed
I know it's a controversial subject here; I write this post just to notify those headed to future Alumni Association gatherings.
For those keeping track, I despise this idea.
March 19th, 2015 at 10:53 PM ^
March 20th, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^
There are a few Michael Weinberg's on LinkedIn with Michigan connections. But one in particular, one fitting Mikey's age/class the best, lists "Entrepreneur and Visionary" as their current position/occupation. Ladies and gentlemen, we're dealing with either a great performance artist and we're all marks, or a complete monster.
March 19th, 2015 at 10:54 PM ^
March 19th, 2015 at 10:57 PM ^
Man what I would've given to have this asshat present his wonderful idea during our recent Cleveland alumni association outing attended by Brian, Seth,Big Ed Muransky and Andy Cannavino.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:03 PM ^
I'd help crowdfund this.
Crap, hearing about Hail and Unite is wearing off on me.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:16 PM ^
Don't forget Bacon. Oh man now I wish you'd done this. That could have been my presentation: we bring these kids in and don't tell Brian what's about to be pitched to him.
March 19th, 2015 at 10:57 PM ^
was it lukewarm polite applause?
March 19th, 2015 at 11:01 PM ^
Yes, that's a fair description
March 19th, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^
After nothing but negative feedback, at what point does this kid move on?
March 20th, 2015 at 12:15 AM ^
...of a couple entrepreneurs I know. They stubbornly refuse to believe their business concepts really aren't that novel or, frankly, in much demand. As such, they will likely end up poor and frustrated in the end. I suspect this kid will end up much the same (at least regarding this wacky concept of his).
As long as the kid gets some backers (he's bound to get a few idiots just with the sheer amount of press they've received) he's in the black.
He's going to pocket the crowdfunding money then quietly shut the project down.
Frankly I'm pretty disappointed in the CSG and Alumni Associations for giving this kid a legitimate platform to peddle his bullshit.
that is exactly what this is. And a pretty transparent attempt to gain some name recognition for himself with the alumni base.
This guy is a fucking moron. No one likes his stupid idea and he either doesn't understand that, or doesn't care. If I ever saw him in a job interview I'd laugh him out of the room.
March 20th, 2015 at 10:02 AM ^
but I'd imagine the ends justify the means for him
March 19th, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^
Just win on the field. Enough with the bells and whistles.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
March 20th, 2015 at 12:08 AM ^
Go watch his crowdfunding video
March 19th, 2015 at 11:01 PM ^
March 20th, 2015 at 10:16 AM ^
I don't think it really is. He has raised $2450 since October since the project launch with a goal of $65,000. Not gonna happen.
March 20th, 2015 at 12:26 PM ^
If he has all this money to promote the idea, why doesn't he just pay to do it himself? Then he can watch it anytime he wants and the rest of us never have to hear about it again.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^
A new Michigan fight song . . . inspired by "We are the World"?
This reads like something from the Onion.
If he can assemble the ENTIRE cast of We Are The World to sing it, I'll fund the whole thing myself.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:05 PM ^
please post it here.
is it uncharitable to ask that the 'hail/unite' dudes get a social disease and are then too busy with that to bother the rest of us? okay, i'll try to be nicer.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:28 PM ^
March 19th, 2015 at 11:32 PM ^
as a S'mores maker.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:29 PM ^
thank you
March 19th, 2015 at 11:19 PM ^
Is doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:55 PM ^
That had to have killed getting that smack in the face like that.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:19 PM ^
irony is ironic.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:29 PM ^
Beat me by a goddamn hair, that said, "Great minds..."
March 19th, 2015 at 11:08 PM ^
March 19th, 2015 at 11:34 PM ^
Please take about twenty of your friends along and boo this asshole off the stage. Maybe he'll transfer to OSU.
March 20th, 2015 at 12:06 AM ^
This * 1,000
March 20th, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
Can you make it like this?
March 20th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
March 20th, 2015 at 10:58 AM ^
March 19th, 2015 at 11:09 PM ^
March 19th, 2015 at 11:25 PM ^
This is like proudly saying that your career in standup comedy was inspired by Carrot Top.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:28 PM ^
...and people said if you ignore then they'll go away.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:30 PM ^
and apparently for attention whores, either.
March 20th, 2015 at 12:03 AM ^
If you watch the crowdfunding video, you'll want to punch Mikey right in the teeth. If he comes to Denver, he;s not going to get polite applause.
March 19th, 2015 at 11:31 PM ^