Daniel Brusilovsky
Having personally done embarrassing things on the Internet, I can imagine what Daniel Brusilovsky is going through right now. According to Mike Arrington’s post on TechCrunch, an intern “allegedly asked for a Macbook Air in exchange for a post about a startup.” Cali and I thought of Daniel right away. Then Daniel posted an apology on his blog for a line that “was crossed.”
I can’t remember how long I’ve known Daniel, but I think it’s been since 2006. Before he really started making waves around Silicon Valley, he and I used to chat about new media, school and how he was connecting to big names in technology. I remember pinging him on iChat sometimes when he was up too late and telling him to go to bed!.
If Daniel did, in fact, ask for/accept a MacBook Air in exchange for a post on TechCrunch, that’s a bad thing. If he didn’t know it was bad before, he knows it now. The best part about being so young is that he has plenty of time to redeem himself.
Daniel is probably the best networker, I’ve ever met. I’ve admired his ambition. I’ve watched him go to school, work at QIK, attend tech events and put off sleep to accomplish as much as he could as quickly as he could. Daniel has tons of potential and this doesn’t change that. If he learns from the mistake and continues to pursue his dreams, I still look forward to watching what he’s going to do.
I hope the adults that Daniel has reached out to in Silicon Valley will reach out to him and be there for him. Let’s give him the chance to redeem himself and shine like those of us who admire him always thought he would.
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Well said, Neal. I’ve hated to see the glee some have expressed in what’s happened. Daniel, if you read this, I just want to say hang in there. I’m sure this was a very painful (and too public) learning experience. I smile when I remember hanging out with you, Cali, Neal and Max at Macworld last year. Apply the same drive to moving on from this that you have to everything else, and you’ll be fine.
It really is too bad that Daniel did this. I really enjoyed reading his posts, and he always is really nice when I iChat him about SM advice. He’s a really great guy, and I wish him a lot of luck in the future.
We ALLLLL make mistakes…and most of us learn from them. That’s life. That’s what makes us GREAT! Daniel is a super friendly person who’ve I had the opportunity to Twitter with and he’s amazingly smart and very kind. I know that he’ll bounce back from this and know that the positive is that people BELIEVE in him. Those who tear him down are only those who can’t find happiness or positive in their lives to begin with. It’s time we stand up and support our brother!!