Comments on: Terry Drayton may Pay High Price for Telling His Side of the Story at Count Me In

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:13:09 +0000

Look who crawled out from under a rock:

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/takes-run-president-votocracy-shakeup-2012-race

By: Soccer dad

Soccer dad — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:06:47 +0000

John you should follow up on this crook, here is the latest link to his deception.

He got the company back for $200K and no one will get a dime back.

DISGUSTING
http://www.techflash.com/Terry_Drayton_prevails_in_purchase_of_Count_Me_Ins_assets_45585007.html

By: Kate Hodges

Kate Hodges — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:22:59 +0000

Drayton was a crook back in his homegrocer days, selling the company to Webvan and bailing just before everyone knew it was going down. It was nothing but a ponzi scheme like so many other start ups funded with ‘angel money’.
I worked at HG, and was there the day they launched the Portland opening. Notices were sent to the media, and the PR company hired to promote the launch stood there red faced as no one and I mean no one, showed up. Drayton made his little speech to the employees, rocking back and forth and never making eye contact with us. I remember thinking this guy is a joke and doesn’t know what he is doing-It was the beginning of the end for the stupid ‘peach’ as they tried to promote it. Even their HR dept was named “people capabilities” instead of human resources. All they ever did was market and spin and spin and spin. No substance! He does not have a good reputation and they only people who persist in saying so are the journalists who kiss his ass in order to get and interview!!!

By: Terry Madoff

Terry Madoff — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:55:51 +0000

I know Terry. He should be ashamed of himself. He does know better and to say otherwise is a flat out lie. His PR spinning is his feeble attempt to line up his next business venture and to attempt to purify his name. Fat chance you crook. I am sure glad I didn’t accept Terry on my Facebook page. Wonder how many of his 109 friends dig him now? I see that he is busy hiding all his assets, transferring his house to his wife’s name, and other wrangling. You took parents hard earned money and ran off with it. What about the kids Terry? Imagine a Mom or Dad having to explain to their child that they can’t play soccer because some jerk stole their money. Drayton is just a mini-Madoff.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:46:49 +0000

I worked closely with Terry in his homegrocer days and became familiar with his ethics. The loss of funds is not an “accident”.

By: Lost

Lost — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:25:05 +0000

“negligent” “a good guy” ….Come on. Drayton’s company was hired to collect the entry fees and contributions of families, bundle them up and transmit them to the sports leagues where the payers intended them to go. This is not a case of unfortunate business losses. This money never belonged to Drayton. This is no different than a courier service hired to take a store’s daily receipts to the bank. If the truck crew had mixed the store’s money up with their own, then blown some of it on a stereo for their truck, they’d already be in jail. The only difference apparent here is that Drayton is a rich guy who lives in Bill Gates’ neighborhood. Somehow, it is forgivable that he “misplaced” over $5,000,000 that never belonged to him, because he didn’t really mean to do it. A really “good guy” (1) wouldn’t have done this to start with; (2) if it happened, would have owned up immediately instead of trying to hide it and (3) would immediately start liquidating personal assets to pay the money back.

By: meetjohnsong

meetjohnsong — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:42:10 +0000

Not sure about his character. I can certainly understand why people would question it. Negligence is no excuse. Regardless, he definitely is not helping himself out by talking publicly. He seems to think he can convince everyone that he’s not at fault, but having the opposite effect.

By: Minna

Minna — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:00:37 +0000

Just because a person is well liked does not mean he has no intent/malice. Look at the case of Bernie Madoff. That guy was a respectable figure in his community and not just because he made a lof of money for his clients… yet he freely admitted he ran a multi decade scam.

John, you are right, Terry is making a big mistake here because as the commenters in Tech Flash have said, he has contradicted the facts a few times in his interview.

Personally if Terry was such an upstanding character, he would have stopped collecting payments the minute he started defaulting on payments to clients which is before the lawsuit by the New Jersey club.

By: Phillip Blevens

Phillip Blevens — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:27:46 +0000

I know Terry well. He’s a good guy, but needs to follow the advice of his attorneys and keep his mouth shut. As we’re seeing, it cannot help and can only hurt. It’s hard for me to imagine a way that this turns out well.

By: Kendall

Kendall — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:11:45 +0000

This is a shame. Though I don’t know Terry, his reputation is strong in Seattle. Speaking out to tell your story, no matter how much you want to clear your name, can only hurt in this situation. Why is it so many Entrepreneurs feel they have to talk so much?