Yesterday we sat down for an interview with Amol Sarva, CEO of the email-handheld startup
Peek. We're in the midst of transcribing what was a fairly interesting conversation, but in the middle of our chat he proposed a pretty striking deal, and we wanted to put it out there (and to see the company put its money where its mouth is). Sarva and co. are pretty convinced that while the Peek may not be the perfect device for the hardcore gadget junkie, it is the perfect device for their moms or girlfriends (or boyfriends, we assume) -- in fact, they're so convinced that they're offering to pay a month of said junkie's iPhone or G1 bill (up to $150) if they buy a Peek for their mom... and girlfriend. According to Amol, if you buy two of the devices (which you can get for $79.95 right now) and activate them, the company will cover your November cellphone bill. Amol himself will be heading up this project, and as long as you place your order by December 1st, you can make the magic happen. Wildly, Amol says to just email him with the account info at: amol (at) getpeek (dot) com.
posted Nov 26th 2008 11:14AM
well with that offer its like getting them for $5 each. so why not? wow, seems pretty crazy about just emailing him directly. why do i have a feeling this will be updated later with something like "turns out sarva was just giving EM an example of what out-of-the box ideas theyve been thinking of for upcoming offers" lol
Pretty enticing deal, although I know my family doesn't really email so that point is moot for us.
Yeah, I'm guessing that email box is not going to be bombarded with anything other than spam anytime soon.
it's a smart idea though- he probably knows there aren't going to be too many people who use it, so he tries to get unsuspecting family members involved!
This is the ultimate plan for fathers who have incredibly hot twin teenage daughters, so that dad can keep the freaks at bay...
Nice try Amol Sarva, your plan for incredibly hot twin teenage daughter domination won't be that simple!
Well, aside from the sexist bit about "mothers and girlfriends", it seems like an interesting campaign.
Is it really sexist if it's true? The average geek (and by average I mean like over 90% of geeks) are males.