I went from page 1 to page 6, so pardon if this has been covered. I'm not saying it was right for steve not to acknowledge you at the europa show, but you need a reality check. Running 3,000 a month is NOTHING. When at a show with limited time/resources I have a feeling steve will be visiting real accounts that spend a minimum 10k a month. At a 3k level, you should get some office assitant to call and make sure you have everything.
I've spoke with steve a few times, he's always been fine when talking with him. Hell, I might not be in this business if it wasn't for him. He'll never remember it, but I met him the first time in 2002, at the arnold classic. I was attending as a fan, I had never been. I was walking through the expo, stopped at the ErgoPharm booth and began to hang out with them. I had just opened my first nutrition store, 5 months prior. I ended up working behind the ergo booth that weekend. Patrick Arnold was talking to some guy and he turned to me and asked me to tell him about 1-AD. Patrick not being much of the sales person, I understood what he wanted me to do. I spend 10 minutes giving the guy on the other side of the booth the pitch. He listened and asked questions. Once we finished up, he thanked me, shook my hand and walked off and began to talk with the owners of ergo pharm. I looked over a few of the guys that worked for ergo and they were all laughing. I asked what was funny. They said that's Steve Blechman, the owner of MD, you just told him how to save about 10 bucks by adjusting a cycle of 1-AD. I had no idea who he was, I knew nobody in the industry. Turns out, when steve talked with the owners after my pitch, he told them I did a good job and they should hire me. After the arnold weekend, they offered me a trip to the O to work for them. During the arnold and the olympia, I started 1fast400.com. Needless to say 4 years later, it worked out pretty well.
Steve could have been a total prick that day, as some of you suggest he is and never paid attention to me. He could have never commented to the owners of Ergo about my pitch. Moral of the story? I have no idea, but steve had a pretty major impact on my life and never knew it.
