“One Moment, One Decision: Heartbreaking Tales of Lives Forever Altered”

I’m 49 years old, that context is relevant. When I was in college, a friend of mine started a company with a professor. This company was basically the first social network, I won’t list its name here. This was in the early 90s. He offered me a job as employee number 4 or 5. I didn’t know what the hell the internet was, let alone understand the concept of a social network. I knew he wasn’t going to pay me much. I turned him down.

Three years later, that company was sold for $190mm. They still only had a few employees. Every employee had equity and every employee made millions by age 25, including several other friends. I was a junior employee at an insurance company when I heard. Gah.

Several of those people have gone on to very successful careers in technology and private equity. They were all basically set for life because of a quick decision they made at age 21. I’ve had an excellent career so far, I haven’t “destroyed my life”… but I think about this frequently

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