I’ve been blessed to have a couple of honest to goodness friends. I nurture these friendships by keeping in touch, making plans, caring about them, acknowledging their birthdays and such.

There’s a whole element of usery in people in general. Our business models literally promote it. I have a real aversion to this. I just hate phoniness. So I’m not doing very well in business as a result.

If you don’t let the users get something out of you, they’ll move on to the next patsy.

But don’t lose faith, there are genuine friends out there for you.