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On their way to meet an investor, one of them runs out of gas and pulls up to fill gas. He tries each of his credit cards and it doesn't work as its all maxed o
by chris100 17y ago
On their way to meet an investor, one of them runs out of gas and pulls up to fill gas. He tries each of his credit cards and it doesn't work as its all maxed out and its the same case with the other founder. Finally they call a family member who drives up to the gas station and fills gas for them so they can drive to the investor meeting.
Really? Isn't that story slightly embellished by the founder? As an investor, I'd be concerned that this guy is taking me for a ride, especially after I read this:
Well unfortunately he doesn't know Cocoa - but that doesn't stop him. He sends an email to the firm who advertised for a bid to code an iPhone app -- then goes ahead and mis-represents to them that he is an iPhone Cocoa whiz
- zaidf 17y agoDidn't Bill Gates sell a product to someone(IBM?) before they'd a single line of code written?
- UncleOxidant 17y agoIf you're referring to DOS, IIRC the code was written, but it wasn't owned by the fledgling Microsoft yet. They made the big deal with IBM and then went across town and paid the Pickles&Trout guy something like $5K for it.
- aberman 17y agoWho cares if it's "slightly embellished"? I'm sure the spirit of the story is true, so who cares if the details are slightly "improved" to create a more compelling story? I think all founders should be able to provide a compelling narrative. It obviously worked; they made satish's first blog post.
- hyperbovine 17y agoWho cares if it's "slightly embellished"? Me, if that's my $1.1 million on the line.