Thomas Marcelle Wants Us to Guzzle His Champagne and Praise His Naano Empire
They say “drink your own champagne.” At this rate, I’ll end up drunk. Naano is a marketplace that matches tech companies with LinkedIn creators. And the biggest client of Naano is Naano (well… | Thomas Marcelle | 13 comments
Verdict
‘They say “drink your own champagne.”’ Indeed, Thomas, but this feels more like a desperate infomercial for your sparkling concoction than a nuanced toast. The performative humility of ‘At this rate, I’ll end up drunk’ teeters on self-congratulatory inebriation. When the ‘biggest client of Naano is Naano,’ it begs the question: are you impressively thrifty or merely the biggest fan of your own echo chamber? Touting that ‘we built a marketplace for B2B LinkedIn distribution’ as if it’s both revolution and revelation reeks of self-promotion desperation. The phrase 'the best proof it works is that we refuse to stop using it' attempts profundity but lands somewhere between tautology and humblebrag. It’s less about proving success and more about boasting with a champagne flute in hand.
The post's opener suggests a humorous humility but is primarily a self-promotion.
The author mentions Naano's achievements while subtly flaunting their role.
Phrases like 'the best proof it works is that we refuse to stop using it' lack depth.
The post promotes the marketplace while simultaneously claiming to be its biggest client.
'We built a marketplace for B2B LinkedIn distribution' screams blatant self-promotion.
'Drink your own champagne' and other phrases feel overused and trite.