>That voucher code is one use, per person, per life (they do send extra vouchers out every year or two though). He could have used it for his own project, which may have led to a greater financial reward.
Couple points:
1. It is just a free coupon, it is not a "once in a lifetime" opportunity. AdWords coupon != money, it is not like you can get $50 in cash if you dont use it. Coupon was free so it is definitely not the same as paying $50 for 3GB of cloud storage.
2. He may have used id a year later for some project, that just may have led to more money. Or, he may have had an unused coupon sitting there collecting dust. I had a coupon for $100 and could not find any use for it, so I used it to bump up my free Dropbox storage. If I ever need to advertise on AdWords, I will just pay for it.
3. When starting a potentially profitable venture the fact that you don't have a $50 coupon will hardly matter. I mean, why worry now that maybe, just maybe, when a pet project becomes the next Tumblr/Twitter/whathaveyou one could use a free AdWords coupon? It is not like anyone will abandon their plans to go big b/c they can't get $50 worth of ads for free.
Couple points: 1. It is just a free coupon, it is not a "once in a lifetime" opportunity. AdWords coupon != money, it is not like you can get $50 in cash if you dont use it. Coupon was free so it is definitely not the same as paying $50 for 3GB of cloud storage.
2. He may have used id a year later for some project, that just may have led to more money. Or, he may have had an unused coupon sitting there collecting dust. I had a coupon for $100 and could not find any use for it, so I used it to bump up my free Dropbox storage. If I ever need to advertise on AdWords, I will just pay for it.
3. When starting a potentially profitable venture the fact that you don't have a $50 coupon will hardly matter. I mean, why worry now that maybe, just maybe, when a pet project becomes the next Tumblr/Twitter/whathaveyou one could use a free AdWords coupon? It is not like anyone will abandon their plans to go big b/c they can't get $50 worth of ads for free.