Growing a beard now. It’s patchy. It’s ugly. Goal is to reach Leonidas level.
I’ve shaved my head before, and gawd, you didn’t want to see this. I lost sales as a result, looking like a skinhead that escaped from prison. It also sunburned my head down here in Mexico.
I’m doing another experiment now, but with a beard.
This new experiment came as I was thinking lately, to AB test more professional shirts vs. my normal t-shirts. I haven’t derived statistical significance from that one, except that I was hotter and sweating more as a result of “more professional outfits”, probably affecting adversely my sales.
So the hypothesis with the beard is the following:
Less clean looks will diminish closing rates, until it looks decent
Beard will make me look older and increase closing rates, eventually
Bottom line, I estimate that 2 months from now, it will have a net positive effect on my closing rate. Let’s see. Will keep you posted of the results.
BUT, I might decide to shave from one day to the next. Diminishes aerodynamics in my ultra races.
This will get weirder.