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Anyone know how I can get a hold of Dan Bilzerian?

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He once had his email on instagram, but now that is removed. Anyone got a clue where to start?

Btw, these are my two logos I had designed today. You guys probably have a good idea of what this venture is all about.

Got the domain this week: beardzerian.com


Did you make the second logo by yourself?
 

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So far I have about 500 visits and 150 sign ups on my landing page (took me 10 minutes to make..). It's been about 3 days. I have some facebook ads running, about 1.3k instagram followers.

But... The most important person is Dan.. I emailed his PR person, emailed Dan. I'm positive if he's on board, this can go viral. If everything goes according to plan, we'll probably branch out into beard oils, beard care products.
 

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So far I have about 500 visits and 150 sign ups on my landing page (took me 10 minutes to make..). It's been about 3 days. I have some facebook ads running, about 1.3k instagram followers.

But... The most important person is Dan.. I emailed his PR person, emailed Dan. I'm positive if he's on board, this can go viral. If everything goes according to plan, we'll probably branch out into beard oils, beard care products.

Props for taking action.

If you go this route, I would recommend a licensing deal to use his name. These guys love making cash sitting on their a$$ doing nothing...he has nothing to lose.

I highly recommend you read vigilantes thread all night tonight if you have interest in going this route, otherwise your going to get sued soon - https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/the-licensing-game.39983/
 
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Seriously??? Slaps self on forehead..

I am not wasting another breathe for those so caught up on the consumer's end view point that you can't see through the curtains and behind the scenes. I am sticking to purely business topics on here from now on. May as well go read up on mediatakeout and say Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton are stupid too.. and that their inbound marketing and personal branding is not smart. Spend all your time dox'ing Dan and trying to justify if he deserves it or not instead of see the business aspect and giving him props for it. Sounds like a "you" issue to me.

or... maybe it's cause I plan on doing the same to build my personal brand up in 2017. Who knows...

Anyways, deuces to this topic for me.[
I always wanna call out the CJ avi, but I know CJ isn't exactly appropriate.

BRB banned from misc and TFL

u wot m3+2+3?
 
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Props for taking action.

If you go this route, I would recommend a licensing deal to use his name. These guys love making cash sitting on their a$$ doing nothing...he has nothing to lose.

I highly recommend you read vigilantes thread all night tonight if you have interest in going this route, otherwise your going to get sued soon - https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/the-licensing-game.39983/
Yeah, the licensing route is the way I want to go. I'll be sure to read his thread right now.

Just a question, is it possible to get sued right now? I have not sold anything yet, I have not created the product yet. I've done nothing but create an instagram account, facebook page using "zerian" in my product name.
 
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Yeah, the licensing route is the way I want to go. I'll be sure to read his thread right now.

Just a question, is it possible to get sued right now? I have not sold anything yet, I have not created the product yet. I've done nothing but create an instagram account, facebook page using "zerian" in my product name.

To be honest, i'm not a legal expert but I believe they could come after you immediately for infringing him as a person by using his name and look/face. It's like printing crosby on a tshirt and selling them, I need a licensing agreement with the NHL or I'm done.
 
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To be honest, i'm not a legal expert but I believe they could come after you immediately for infringing him as a person by using his name and look/face. It's like printing crosby on a tshirt and selling them, I need a licensing agreement with the NHL or I'm done.
So until I get a reply back from him, do you think I should close my landing page?
 

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So until I get a reply back from him, do you think I should close my landing page?

I would put it on pause until a response.

It's kind of like impersonating MJ as a brand and trying to profit off of it.

It's either that or you put huge disclaimers that you're not dan and that dan does not approve of anything you do.

Or state that you're a fan page.

Even then, they should have the option to be able to cease and decease you
 

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is it possible to get sued right now?

I'm not a lawyer, but ask yourself this... can you start a restaurant and name it "Lebron James' Burgers and More"? And do so without a license or permission? The implication is its endorsed by him when in fact, it's not. Your profiting off of his namesake.
 
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bro how did you gety 1,3k followers with only 6 pictures and 5 of them is just logos?
 

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I'm not a lawyer, but ask yourself this... can you start a restaurant and name it "Lebron James' Burgers and More"? And do so without a license or permission? The implication is its endorsed by him when in fact, it's not. Your profiting off of his namesake.
Thanks Mj.

The only reason I have created a landing page, instagram page, facebook page, is to gain some traction and hopefully catch the attention of Dan. I will not be selling or manufacturing anything until I get a response from Dan or his PR person.
 

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Just a question, is it possible to get sued right now? I have not sold anything yet, I have not created the product yet. I've done nothing but create an instagram account, facebook page using "zerian" in my product name.


Probably; I would shut that down ASAP or make it private until he approves. Not a lawyer, but I think "brand dilution" is something you can sue for.
 

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Well I think if he's getting a nice return from the business, I don't see why he would shave it off. Plus, if everything goes according to plan, I'm sure it won't even matter.
 
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Well, any luck securing a license? Or I should say, at least a discussion?
 

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Well, any luck securing a license? Or I should say, at least a discussion?
So far nothing MJ. Contacted multiple people. Still no response. I won't give up though.

Will keep you guys posted.
 

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So far nothing MJ. Contacted multiple people. Still no response. I won't give up though.

Will keep you guys posted.

Instead of basing the whole business around Dan, why don't you build a quality beard-care business and then have him endorse it? I think the reason behind your plan is that you think by leveraging Dan's fame, your product will automatically sell. I also think that it is a bad move to base your whole business around someone who's claim to fame is a lot of instagram followers. You should develop a quality brand, a brand that men can trust, and then find all sorts of famous people who have beards to endorse it. Right now you may just creating a gimmick.
 
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