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I would have been embarrassed to release it in the first case even if FTX were doing great. The investors were impressed that SBF was playing League of Legends
by skywhopper 4y ago
I would have been embarrassed to release it in the first case even if FTX were doing great. The investors were impressed that SBF was playing League of Legends during a fundraising meeting. They thought it was a good thing.
- quacked 4y agoI've never been much of a believer in (stale, traditional) "honor-bound" business, where people are offended by rude behavior and personal slights and everyone has to dress up and speak properly. But my God, I'm starting to hope that it makes a comeback. Imagine losing a huge chunk of your savings to a scruffy man-child who played video games in the meeting where he was awarded the cash it took to ruin you.
- NotYourLawyer 4y agoDitching the suit is fine. Playing video games during a meeting is a red flag, and not only because it’s shockingly rude.
- olouv 4y agoWhat I find especially amusing is that it is described as if Sam was somehow a genius for playing while talking in a meeting. It takes literally no intellectual effort to play a game once you’ve played it a lot, it’s like driving or eating. Only thing it shows is probably a high level of uncontrolled boredom/stress/anxiety that had to get out somehow. Hard to believe the “experts” at Sequoia and co fell for it.
- rchaud 4y agoBack in my day you just had to show up to a pitch meeting in a hoodie.