It's great to see you reaping a reward for going out on a limb - congratulations! How do you think your pitch would have been received had this been in a more

It's great to see you reaping a reward for going out on a limb - congratulations! How do you think your pitch would have been received had this been in a more traditional forum? Do you think you would have achieved the same results, or would you have pitched a completely different angle?