If there was any indication of a hard takeoff being even slightly imminent, I really don't think key employees of the company where that was happening would be

If there was any indication of a hard takeoff being even slightly imminent, I really don't think key employees of the company where that was happening would be jumping ship. The amounts of money flying around are direct evidence of how desperate everybody involved is to be in the right place when (so they imagine) that takeoff happens.