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Matt has claimed[1] before to be "post-economic", i.e. has enough money that it doesn't matter to him anymore. It's hard not to see this as personal, not financ

• chx 2y ago
  had WPEngine (and a horde of Emanuel Urquhart lawyers led by Rachel Kassabian) are taking him to the cleaners. This won't be pretty. A preliminary injunction is not easy to get, it's really likely WPEngine will win at least something.
• xnx 2y ago
  > It's hard not to see this as personal, not financial. Despite not needing the money, Matt seemed to be very upset that WPEngine was making money.
  • michaelcampbell 2y ago
    What's the common thing people with more than enough money to spend want? "more"
    • xnx 2y ago
      After every possible need is met. Money becomes "points".
• hooverd 2y ago
  In terms of cognitive impairment that's like being kicked in the head by a horse every day.
• avree 2y ago
  That was before he made tons of horrible angel investments - https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/106035-94#exits https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/106035-94#exits you can see how many of his portfolio are out of business or near death.
  • ceejayoz 2y ago
    Isn’t that pretty normal for angel investments? It’s a numbers game.
  • wlonkly 2y ago
    No, it was this past September 26, in the middle of all of this.
• bawolff 2y ago
  That sounds like what every person pretending to be rich but isn't as rich as they claim to be, says.