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RxBar co-founder Peter Rahal on life after becoming a millionaire

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Re: RxBar co-founder Peter Rahal on life after becoming a millionaire

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1. I just don't give my family name to a date. 2. I don't talk about work, it's rarely a deal breaker. 3. It's a normal thing to have a pied-a-terre. 4-5 Don't mix your friends-family and your date until you are sure in them. Actually, get an apartment on a different coast. No, I don't think it's lying. And it's easy to do for someone with 8-9 figures in a bank.

Okay, so assuming things go well, what time period would need to pass before you reveal your true identity?

60-80 years should do it.

Re: RxBar co-founder Peter Rahal on life after becoming a millionaire

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In most of the stories I've read where the founder is required to stay on, they typically have very little duties or responsibilities. Often it seems like the "show up at 11 and leave by 2" type situations.

Agreed, but even with the minimal responsibilities, it’s a burden to founders because they can’t do anything else (non-competes).

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Re: RxBar co-founder Peter Rahal on life after becoming a millionaire

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Writing novels while you're dirt poor and riding a train to your low paying job does not count as "drive"? I would love to hear your definition of "drive" then.

By her own words she took five years to write the first book, but mostly wrote it while unemployed at coffee shops. Ignoring her later success, most unemployed people sitting around coffee shops writing are considered to have low drive. I mean if you think she qualifies that’s fine, but kind of lowers the bar to irrelevance.

There's writing aimlessly, and then there's successfully writing a coherent book. The latter is very difficult.

Re: RxBar co-founder Peter Rahal on life after becoming a millionaire

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By her own words she took five years to write the first book, but mostly wrote it while unemployed at coffee shops. Ignoring her later success, most unemployed people sitting around coffee shops writing are considered to have low drive. I mean if you think she qualifies that’s fine, but kind of lowers the bar to irrelevance.

There's writing aimlessly, and then there's successfully writing a coherent book. The latter is very difficult.

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