Chutzpah

America is a great country, and I love its entrepreneurial spirit. But sometimes people go a little too far. Here's an example. (By the way, I never left a voice mail message.)

Dear Mr. Levy:

Thank you for your voice mail. My fee for a one day visit at your office in Boston is $9,800. I believe you to be a man of integrity, so if don't (sic) get any value from my one hour presentation then you owe me nothing.

I would like to share a few observations and propose a hypothesis on the topic of business continuity and disaster recovery. Discontinuity can provide a rare opportunity for sustained competitive advantage to be gained quickly.

• Decades of profits in one year
• Double digit market share gain
• Enhanced brand name and goodwill

I have faith that your company and our country will emerge even stronger after any potential crises. This is because we value the rule-of-law, meritocracy and a market based economic system.

The last 10 years of my professional experience has been in sales for independent software vendors. I attended the PhD program in Economics and Applied Statistics at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Thank you for your consideration. If you have further interest please feel free to call my cell phone at (415) 238-****.