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Why My Assistant Quit

Yeah, I used to get like I'm not going to say the company's names, but like there used to be like— there's, there's a company that, um, that is now worth like a billion, $2 billion, and they were, they were asking me to like join, and like I would have received like 5-10% of the company because it was so early. And I didn't see— I didn't understand investments at the time, and I was just like, why the fuck would I invest in any? Why would I give you my money? Like that, I know. It's just I don't understand investments, but I'm so easy to invest now. Right. Natalie goes, you should do it. And I go, okay, send them. But like at the time I didn't. And like they just wanted me to onboard onto this app and now it's worth, you know, a lot of money. And I don't even regret it because like, like I just, I knew I didn't want to at the time. A little bit. I regret it. No, I definitely regret it. But, but yeah, there's definitely a lot of investment opportunities that I passed up on.

February 8, 202223:37David
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