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It's certainly the same feeling I had back in 2010 when I knew I had to quit my job and start pushing Python for data analysis.
And are you really, really successful or the rest? :)
Citi, SEC, SAMSUNG, dozens of others...he certainly seems like he's in the former group.
I wonder if he had to look up what the name of that Jimi Hendrix album was? :)
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@DenisM: “I can imagine there could be good reason to dilute someone” .. Cutting a business partner out of his fair share while he's in the middle of battling a life threatening disease, a good reason. I guess you went to the same school of ethics as Gates :]
Many companies can die with the dying partner if the remaining partners are not able to capitalize and run the business in his absence.
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https://www.cnet.com/news/paul-allen-gates-ballmer-tried-to-... > Paul Allen: Gates, Ballmer tried to 'rip me off' > "One evening in late December 1982, I heard Bill and Steve speaking heatedly in Bill's office and paused outside to listen in," he writes in his memoir. "It was easy to get the gist of the conversation. They were bemoaning my recent lack of production and discussing how they might dilute my Microsoft e…
Thanks. Did we ever hear Gates’ side of the story? I can imagine there could be good reason to dilute someone by issuing more stock to the remaining productive collaborators. That would depend on the scale, and method used to calculate the proportion, and of on obtaining consent from the diluted party.
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Fanboyism is like a cognitive disease. Gates has himself admitted that he was a bully, yet people feel the need to defend him. Rockefeller ruthlessly destroyed lifes but he was also committed philanthropist that started to give six percent of his earnings to charity at age 16. As he grew richer he gave more.
Some donations can be tax deductible, and even it they aren't they boost the donor public image as soon as it become news. I'm not saying Gates, Allen, Rockefeller or anyone else donated to charities only as a form of personal advertising, yet there's certainly a good incentive to do that which should be taken into account before making an opinion about someone.
Nobody is driven to donations because they are tax deductible. Deductions just allow you to donate more than you would have.
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>“This is happening without us!” That's quite a statement, wow. I wonder if it's moments like this that distinguish really, really successful people from the rest.
It's certainly the same feeling I had back in 2010 when I knew I had to quit my job and start pushing Python for data analysis.
Thank you!!
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If you ever go into business with a friend, you should anticipate the worst. They're only human. You have to be on your toes from the start, and you can only blame yourself if you get beat or blindsided. At that point, its irrelevant to your friendship. It was just business.
I hope your friends read this! Sounds like you value money - just business - incomparably more than friendship. Why?!
"I had some money and a friend. I lent my money to my friend. I lost my money... and my friend."