By Andy Gordon Three summers ago, my brother took me to one of his favorite bars in New York. (He worked for a hedge fund at the time.) Later that evening, there would be live music and a large raucous crowd. Conversation would be impossible. But while it was relatively quiet, my brother discussed a recent investment proposal he turned down.
It was brought to him by a startup that’s now a household name. It wasn’t a well-known company back then. But everyone in the startup investing business knew about it. And everyone wanted a piece of this startup – except for my brother.
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