This reminded me of the story of the VC who tried to avoid meeting Larry & Sergey when they were looking for investment:
> David Cowan’s college friend rented her garage to Sergey and Larry for their first year. In 1999 and 2000 she tried to introduce Cowan to “these two really smart Stanford students writing a search engine.” Students? A new search engine? In the most important moment ever for Bessemer’s anti-portfolio, Cowan asked her, “How can I get out of this house without going anywhere near your garage?”
I’m glad they included this. It casts the former lab director in a good light. Of course I have no idea how he previously treated her.
I find the opposite is more typical: not acknowledging one’s own failures.
Also (related to a story a couple of days ago) don’t normally like these kids of bio stories but I liked this one.