Of course this company is for sale

Post by raganwald » Sat, Jun 16, 2012, 7:01 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #20

raganwald wrote: post #18

Some things are not be for sale. I own a replica of Jackie Robinson’s Kansas City Monarchs Negro League Jersey. I wear it to baseball games (where else?) I once was offered $100, cash for the jersey at a Blue Jays game. I said “no.” The offer was raised to $200. Again, no. I explained it wasn’t for sale. The fellow offering me the money explained that “everything was for sale.” I find such people manipulative. They h…

Some people are stupid :-) He would have learned much working for you for four hours, and he would have a rare collectible jersey! But I disagree with this "I find such people manipulative. They have money, so they try to twist the rest of the world to play by their rules." Sometimes it is as you say, a sense of entitlement, however sometimes it was an opportunity they didn't have. Let me share two anecdotes to illus…

Post by pjscott » Sat, Jun 16, 2012, 11:09 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #20

raganwald wrote: post #18

Some things are not be for sale. I own a replica of Jackie Robinson’s Kansas City Monarchs Negro League Jersey. I wear it to baseball games (where else?) I once was offered $100, cash for the jersey at a Blue Jays game. I said “no.” The offer was raised to $200. Again, no. I explained it wasn’t for sale. The fellow offering me the money explained that “everything was for sale.” I find such people manipulative. They h…

Some people are stupid :-) He would have learned much working for you for four hours, and he would have a rare collectible jersey! But I disagree with this "I find such people manipulative. They have money, so they try to twist the rest of the world to play by their rules." Sometimes it is as you say, a sense of entitlement, however sometimes it was an opportunity they didn't have. Let me share two anecdotes to illus…

Post by a-priori » Sat, Jun 16, 2012, 11:46 PM UTC

kristopolous wrote: post #24

petercooper wrote: post #9

He was extremely clear that anything less than a multibillion dollar IPO was a pathetic failure, and he’d resign before he’d let such an abomination happen. So his startup is not actually for sale. An IPO is essentially a partial sale. But, really, if someone came and offered him $30bn right now, would he sell? If so, it's for sale (and, yep, there are certainly people who would never sell certain things at any price…

Does anyone know where this one actually comes from?

Post by jarofgreen » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 12:00 AM UTC

a-priori wrote: post #25

kristopolous wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does anyone know where this one actually comes from?

I'd heard it attributed to Winston Churchill. But, some Googling reveals other attributions to George Bernard Shaw, and nothing conclusive either way. So I'd say that it's uncertain who said it, or even that someone famous did.

Post by dennisgorelik » Sun, Jun 17, 2012, 3:29 AM UTC

raganwald wrote: post #21

ChuckMcM wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people are stupid :-) He would have learned much working for you for four hours, and he would have a rare collectible jersey! But I disagree with this "I find such people manipulative. They have money, so they try to twist the rest of the world to play by their rules." Sometimes it is as you say, a sense of entitlement, however sometimes it was an opportunity they didn't have. Let me share two anecdotes to illus…

Let me share two anecdotes to illustrate, first we have old VAX parts. You know that architecture that Digital Equipment made around the turn of the century. During the big Y2K scare a lot of perfectly good VAX computers were dumped for scrap, I bought too many of those. But in putting together working examples for my collection I would have extra parts. Sometimes I'd sell those parts. I asked a guy who was buying a…