Always good to be told by a total stranger who does not know me from Adam

Your word is worth zero because it seems that only person you have talked about this case has been Mark

Reality is I made an investment decision with eyes open. I can go and beat myself up about doing better due diligence; about asking for more information; about not talking to enough people; and, and, and. That is done - and added to lessons learned for the next investing idea I choose to follow.

As an investor, I am now interested in working to get something back. (I will share the investment amount if the community thinks that adds value to the debate. It is a number that negates "worth zero" words. )

There is no value to me about mouthing off in public what should have and could have happened.
So I have chosen a different path to what many other people have chosen. I talk to the man. I share ideas with the man. I challenge his thinking. I tear ideas down and I help build up new ones.

I will support the new business ventures, if they make sense to me. And the ones I like I will promote to my community. And if I discover that it is not going to work, I will walk away from my investment and tell the world that I have done that.

So far my actions have earned me the $1,100 in Steem that you can see from my first post https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@carrinm/introducing-mark-carrington-author-and-entrepreneur-frustrated-blogger-investor-and-fitness-fanatic (lessons learned from SteemCash) and two people have bought copies of the same Steem Cash report through my affiliate link. Some way to go to get my money back and to support a man trying to do a proper rebuild.