First, let me say that this is a real email I received this morning. It also is adult in subject matter. If you are offended by any references to sex, please stop reading now.
If you are not, this is real. It’s not something I made up and will give you an idea of some of the investment ideas I get every day!
I’m passing on the idea, so if you want his email, let me know 🙂
hi mark,
im looking for an investor for my new product “the handjobber”. There are plenty of dildos for women out there, but there are no good masturbators for men. until now. The masturbator is designed using precise aluminum machining and plastic molding. I figure it would retail for 299$. this isnt some stupid blowjob toy with an air pump, this is a true handjobber!
the sex market is huge and i figure i can get these manufactured in china for as low as 20$ / unit for the first 100k units. I need the money (2 mil) to get the product launched. the product would evolve from the handjobber, to a fully interactive handjobber unit that can be used by two people over the internet. a dildo like device with censors would be manipulated by a person at one end of the internet connection relaying the data to mimick the actions to the wearer on the other side of the connection. evolution of the product from there is a full cyber suit and robotic doll where a couple can have true cybersex.
could be good for a quick 10 point pop for you mark. let me know.
ssssss
Comment by raza -
My partner and I have spent 1.5 years in development of our Adult company.
We have spent all of our money in development.
but we are live and lauched Sept 1, 2004.
We need some marketing dollars… We have a biz plan, we have a vehicle, we have limited assets…
We are currently seeking to fill our outstanding 25% of our biz. We will use all of the money to market with.
We are 100% complete and need to market our products..we have some limited assets like webmasters emails and contacts with-in the industry to promote our referral program, which we are working on right now..We are currently seeking partnership opportunities..
If your interested please reply to or contact Rob@pb3x.com, ICQ: 141219478
we are currently seeking $10k – $100,000k for marketing to get traffic and joins.
network is Pandora’s Box – http://www.PB3x.com
best,
Rob
Comment by Rob -
This could be useful to see.
http://www.superbabe2000.com/
Comment by jimmyscott -
Already done.
From the makers of the sybian:
http://www.sybian.com/venusindex.htm
Comment by Daniel Foland -
This is a bad idea that has obviously been done before, but had that not been the case you would have just given the guy’s idea away.
Comment by Kyle W -
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ — If voters could choose someone other than George Bush and John Kerry, who would they pick? Online pollster http://www.powerfeedback.com asked 11,000 website visitors to choose among Internet billionaire and “Benefactor” star Mark Cuban, real estate mogul and “Apprentice” star Donald Trump, ebay CEO Meg Whitman, or the “Google guys” Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Mark Cuban won by a landslide with 59% percent of the vote. The Google guys got 29% while Meg Whitman and Donald Trump tied for last place at 6%.
– – Way to go Mark!
Comment by salmon -
Ha ha! Well, I guess someone had to think of it.
Comment by Jenni -
No, sounds like a con-deal to me. I think you need to buy a few first, hire some sex starved people to test it out, and see if aggressive cyber sex will break it.
That might sounds dumb, but it’s probablly the only wise thing to do. Or I guess you could test it yourself, but your wife might get mad.
Comment by Shelby Cobra -
Aluminum construction might not be a good idea for use in cold weather climates….
Comment by Mike -
Mark,
Expecting your comments on losing start or I can put it “Season’s first loss” and expectations from team. Give benefctor a brk on your blog. I know its your blog,but we do read it.
Comment by kedar -
quit the crap and think about buying the cowboys, 😀
Comment by Daniel -
Saw this on the gizmodo blog — could be an early prototype of our money-seeking friend:
http://tinyurl.com/4qvod
Comment by Don The Idea Guy -
My question is why would people waste money to buy something they can do it themself for free. Ok enough. Let’s talk basketball again? If Anyone interested in playing a custom NBA league, read more at http://www.nextnba.blogspot.com
Comment by Next Nba -
The question is do you actually invest in any of the ideas the pass your way?
// rüv
// serial:innovator
// http://www.ruv.net
Comment by rüv -
Mark
Stop beating around the bush! 🙂 do we invest in this or not?
Comment by jeffrey saunders -
I rather just watch porn movies and jerk off ot bring some skank home from the bars and give her a facial. Alot cheaper and probably less embarrasing if your frineds find out.
Comment by J.R. Ewing -
Seriously, you should get this guy’s resume. He probably has had dozens of products already BTM. I’m thinking front office job, sort of the player personal service department. Or….it would be fun to post here and we can make fun of him some more.
Comment by will -
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11568010~root=security~mode=flat
I suppose he used this idea and decided to use it at you. ha!
Comment by Andrew -
Hand jobs go for $20 on Harry Hines. So the price of this machine would equal 15 real hand jobs. Sounds like a deal. Does it do the clean up too?
Jack E. Jett
Comment by jack e. jett -
2 mil for a handjob..what a freak. That would go over well mark, you could even debut the jobber on the jumbotron at the home opener!! what an opportunity!
Comment by simon -
Let me know when he get it out… I want one for my husband… I´m too busy with my baby sleep problems 🙂
Comment by Baby sleep heidi -
Invest in Hart Toy Co. It could make a come back.
Endless fun for only $6.43
http://www.harttoys.com/swwriter.html
Comment by kb -
Reply to him with interest. Get him to send you a business plan. Make him do a little legwork.
Upon receiving his business plan, reply to him stating, “I’m sorry to say that you’re timing is a bit off on your proprosal. If you had of caught me just before I bought the Mavs, I would have been behind this brilliant opportunity in a second. Once again, I greatly appologize for not being able to capitalize on this mound of possibility you’ve created. Oh, and if we ever happen to run into one another, please make sure we don’t shake hands.”
Cheers.
Comment by Jimmiejo -
Hey, at least Mark actually read it. It sucks that he gets so many “business opportunities” like that because it probably makes him disregard EVERY type of email regarding possible business ventures, including the legitimate ones.
Comment by James King -
Hey, at least Mark actually read it. It sucks that he gets so many “business opportunities” like that because it probably makes him disregard EVERY type of email regarding possible business ventures, including the legitimate ones.
Comment by James King -
Oh yes, gotta love computer-mediated interactive masturbation in real time. Computer-mediated-communication is narrow-bandwidth… kind of like your uh….yeah. Someone once said people become cyborgs when two boundaries become problematic… the boundary between animal and human (ewwwwwwww!) and the boundary between human and machine (whacka! whacka! ouch?) Tied to the computer, a prosthesis… innerestin’ concept. If you do get funded, make sure that the girth fittings are on your end of the machinery… so you won’t have to reveal to your cyberbuddy your uh….narrow bandwidth.
Comment by Carrie -
“Posted Oct 12, 2004, 12:07 PM ET by Tammy K
Not sure which is a scarier thought…”
-Ditto Ms. K, ditto!!!
Comment by Priest -
Mr. Cuban,
Not a bad idea if his numbers were better I would almost want to find him a good VC for an investment. We could launch it in the DR market do a couple of infomercials I bet it would draw 300 calls per thousand. on a soft advertisement! LOL
Sales Genius,
Michael R. Smith
Comment by Michael R Smith -
What if…. a sofware glitch creates a “Lorena Bobit” effect?
Maybe this is not an internet idea, why not take it to a poltry farmer?
.V
Comment by Vic -
The market you chose is the best in the world. Sex sells. I laughed at Mark’s preface. No one is offended by sex. If you really believe in your idea, a better venture capitalist would be current manufacturers and sellers of sex products. They have better distribution than Mark would in this industry.
Or you could try Howard Stern. It shouldnt take 2 million to create a prototype. So empty your bank account, create one first and then let Howard, or Mark or yourself try it to make sure you get the “10 Point Pop” before promising it!
Comment by Patrick Muldoon -
After reading this, I received an e-mail. No, not for some hair-brained investment opportunity; but a thought for today.
Immediately this blog entry came to mind..it read: (I apologize to anyone who this offends!)
Never hold your farts in they travel up your spine, into your brain and that is where shitty ideas come from.
🙂 ha ha..
Kim
Comment by Kim P. -
Hey Mark.
that was pretty funny.. It would suck to be a billionaire and get “spamed” with that all the time.. However.. To a degree Mark kinda leaves himself open to it. (I mean how many Billionaire email addresses does the typical person have??).. Lord knows Ross Perot probably doesnt get these emails.
Hey Mark.
I have 500 shares of Verinder Consulting I’ll sell you for 2 mill.
Comment by Mike Verinder -
There is no way that email was legit. It had to somebody having fun?
Pun intended – It was just somebody Jerkin You off.
Comment by dan -
Beautiful experience!
Comment by loris -
Not sure which is a scarier thought…
The Sinulator!
more than one person thought of this invention!
OR
how many other crap ideas Mark receives from us!
Signed,
Sexually satisfied by a human
Comment by Tammy K -
The ideas people come up with these days to bug a billionaire. How sad… 2 mil for some handjob? why not pay $20 for one on the street? ha. j/k. Wow, if I had 2 mil, I sure wouldn’t spend for any man to plz himself. Get a tube of KY and get over it. I agree with the dating service proposition!
Comment by Rachelle -
Hopefully the $2 mil is for better marketing. I know “precise aluminum machining and plastic molding” is what I would look for if I were in the market for such a gadget…which I’m not…not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Comment by sMoRTy71 -
This link was on a techie website a while back. The idea has already been done.
http://www.sinulator.com/
Comment by Blog Reader -
At least my idea was HDnet related LOL
How about instead of the two mil, you send him 3 grand and sign him up for a dating service?
🙂
Comment by dan -
Pretty funny, but would you seriously invest? If McD’s can get sued for making people fat, I bet someone could so for getting addicted to this! Just kidding around, but would be kind of a weird investment, but could make it fun to go to work 🙂
Comment by localsports.com -
should we be in fear that the invention may turn out better than the original? what is the purpose of this blog entry? are the results satisfactory? Is it mandatory to speak NBA here? I’m not bi-lingual.
On a serious side, the tele-kinetic (albeit wyred) concepts behind this medium/idea do have huge potential in looking after people remotely..interesting how some minds work…a solution for pleasure or a solution for needs…pick your partner.. can this be used to develop muscle memory for those without those skills?
Comment by Terry -
No one is offended by sex. If you really believe in your idea, a better venture capitalist would be current manufacturers and sellers of sex products. They have better distribution than Mark would in this industry.
Comment by runescape money -
Money isn’t always made from your targeted audience… the application of this invention may be valuable to other industries. Anyone seen A Beautiful Mind? Nash didn’t forsee that his Nash theorems would be applicable to economics and a whole array of industries.
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Comment by cialis -
Sex, sex, sex; so much time expended thinking about kinky and bizarre ways of “gettin’ it on”. Certainly, everyone has to decide for themselves how they spend their “quality” time but this sounds so hollow.
Want great sex? Find someone to share your life, put aside your fears & commit yourself to the relationship. The sex that comes from such a relationship will likely be more satisfying than any alternative. Then, if you want another natural high, get out of the house & exercise. Take a hike, jog, run, swim or better yet, go ride a bike!
Larry
http://RideTHISbike.com
Comment by L Lagarde -
Mark,
Thanks for displaying my comments on you page. Since your posting of my comments some anti-environmentalist has wiped out my website. this is not the first time they have done crap like this. I guess the fact that I can put a hurt on big business income through saving the ozone can piss off a few people. Inquires can be sent to eddie@meeko2004.com
“this is excactly the type of innovative device that will save our environment”
David Caterious
US congressional fellow 04-05
Mark, thanks
Eddie Woods (918)633-4639
Comment by Eddie Woods -
Invest in environmental technology. I hold the right to the biggest innovation to refrigerant emissions to date. Just reviled & rconized by scientist in congress a the… well if your interested i’ll tell you who else is. Need funding for advertisement national comercial fo puplic awarness. Open to talks on %s http://www.meeko2004.com 918 633 4639
Comment by Eddie Woods -
Mr. Cuban I would like to mail you a copy of Quest Productions business plan for three major motion pictures. However, I don’t want our intellectual property interest compromised by it being placard all over the internet. Can you provide either a fax number or mailing address so said information may be forwarded. There are a few people you know that will be apart of such projects. As always, I can be reach at 443-535-0217 or 443-864-1114.
Comment by Donnell McNeal -
Mr. Cuban I would like to mail you a copy of Quest Productions business plan for three major motion pictures. However, I don’t want our intellectual property interest compromised by it being placard all over the internet. Can you provide either a fax number or mailing address so said information may be forwarded. There are a few people you know that will be apart of the such projects. As always, I can be reach at 443-535-0217 or 443-864-1114.
Comment by Donnell McNeal -
Mark-
You should forward this to Paul Reubens.
Comment by Brad -
just one point:
i find it disturbing that many of the responses were dissings… obviously, the guy should have done more research before he started but the idea of online sex (with one end a dildo, the other end a..hole) is a valid business basis for seeking a loan. (who hasn’t thought of this when they’re in a long distance relationship?!? i think a lot of people have thought of this before…but anywaz..)Money isn’t always made from your targeted audience… the application of this invention may be valuable to other industries. Anyone seen A Beautiful Mind? Nash didn’t forsee that his Nash theorems would be applicable to economics and a whole array of industries. The point i’m just trying to make here is please don’t shoot down someone’s idea just because you think it’s stupid or you think it’s sick. There are other cultures where they don’t have the same moral perspective as you and are more likely to buy his inventions (*ahem* japan….not dissing japan, but they’ve already got his invention made..).
Comment by charlie -
should we be in fear that the invention may turn out better than the original? what is the purpose of this blog entry? are the results satisfactory? Is it mandatory to speak NBA here? I’m not bi-lingual.
On a serious side, the tele-kinetic (albeit wyred) concepts behind this medium/idea do have huge potential in looking after people remotely..interesting how some minds work…a solution for pleasure or a solution for needs…pick your partner.. can this be used to develop muscle memory for those without those skills?
Comment by Terry -