I thought of him at first too... but I thought maybe it's like asking your competitor how to succeed.
I don't know if he has real incentive to have Rod jump into the cigar wearables arena. He's a nice guy... who also needs a phone # on his site, and he'll probably go along with offering help, but I wasn't gonna mention him.
Room for both? Maybe... if they made a concerted effort to do way different stuff. But again, I'm a super capitalist and would want to pick him off or acquire him!
But I wouldn't go to Rod and ask him for help building a successful cigar forum.
Never rub another man's rhubarb!
I think it boils down to whether or not Rod's just looking for a few bucks to promote and fund the forum, or if it would be able to be nice to do those things while also finally, hopefully, making a few bucks along the way.
Regardless, I'm making a firm commitment to buy wares from both.