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The story had the exact oposite ending as I was expecting given the lead-up.

• jakejake 13y ago
  Yea I find investors are not primarily concerned about my happiness - except how my happiness may effect the business. It's not at all that they're heartless & they certainly don't want me to be unhappy. They just didn't give me money so that I would use it to have fun and be happy. Happiness is hopefully a side effect of a successful venture.
  • danielweber 13y ago
    I even more expected that the investor was going to see the slightest bit of waver in his voice and use that as an excuse to yank all the money back.
    • bitonomics 13y ago
      For a second I was thinking the opposite, in that the investor wanted to continue the happiness and bring in a second round of funding. Thus giving his first investment a greater chance of success.
    • jakejake 13y ago
      I kinda expected him to say that the investor was his Dad or something. I am pretty sure that if my company is not moving forward and the ROI is not looking good for investors - then they will not be first and foremost concerned with my happiness. They don't want me to feel miserable, but they certainly don't want to see me playing ping pong and drinking PBR all day if the company is not moving in a positive direction. I think a better question an investor would ask would be "are you still feeling optimistic" or "are you happy with the direction we're going, our progress, etc" Not just am I personally feeling happiness
  • joosters 13y ago
    There's definitely more than a little heartlessness in it, though. Both the investor & the developer are/will be invested in the business, and yet it's the developer making all the sacrifices. The investor could decide to invest more and spend it on improving working conditions, but they choose not to - after all, the suckers have confirmed that they are happy with the conditions!