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Ryan's avatar

Great profile - I love the little tidbits "saying nice to SEE you, rather than nice to MEET you" and connecting more deeply over our failures than our successes

Polina Pompliano's avatar

Thank you so much for reading, Ryan!

Inverteum Capital's avatar

"Trump could not be reached for comment." 😂

Stephen Griffin's avatar

Loved this

Polina Pompliano's avatar

thank you, Stephen!

Patricia's avatar

Very unique profile - great job ms. polina.

Wil Gorman's avatar

Well done article! Wow very interesting

Polina Pompliano's avatar

thank you for reading, Wil!

Keeping Kids in Motion's avatar

Great profile Polina! I love this line-

“…we connect with each other far more deeply over our failures than our successes.”

So true.

Polina Pompliano's avatar

thank you so much for reading!!

Patrick Kho's avatar

This was great, please do more! A lot of cool narrative journalism style writing in the business world is hidden behind super expensive paywalls (FT, Economist, WSJ subscriptions are more expensive than many papers 😭) … so nice to read something like this

Barbara Schutt's avatar

Wonderful article, thank you so much for sharing!

Daniel Idowu's avatar

So well written. Captured nuances, contradictions and I now understand why he’s successful.

That video intro and the choice of music. Genius.

Polina Pompliano's avatar

Thank you so much, Daniel! It really means a lot that you liked it

DIDIER BOREL's avatar

good piece, I liked it!

Polina Pompliano's avatar

thank you so much!

Mike Ankers's avatar

Great profile! My favourite part was “His failures became trophies, a reminder that even the harshest ridicule can be repurposed into a badge of resilience.” What a great lesson on perspective.

Polina Pompliano's avatar

thank you so much for reading, Mike!

Sakshi's avatar

Love the insights thank you polina and anthony for this love the lines of nice to see you and grandmothers advices :)

Polina Pompliano's avatar

So happy you found it valuable! Appreciate you reading

Justin Wisz's avatar

This is so well done. Great piece on a great guy.

Polina Pompliano's avatar

Thank you so much for reading, Justin!

Deidre Woollard's avatar

Great profile! When I used to date, one of my questions for prospective candidates was Batman or Superman. Those who prefer Superman tend to believe in their own superiority, those who prefer Batman tend to accept their flaws.

It's hard not to like someone who is unapologetically himself. I think crypto/Bitcoin are in for more volatile swings, so I'm not sure I'd invest in his fund, but watching his antics from a safe distance is entertaining.

Polina Pompliano's avatar

Thank you so much, Deidre. What a great question to ask with such interesting insights!

Flinndustries's avatar

Great read. Insightful and enjoyable. While your husband can be prone to playful enhancements, calling his wife "one of the best business profile writers in the country" is certainly not one of them!

Salvatore Norge's avatar

Polina, your timing couldn't be better. Yesterday I was knocked down hard in my career, had dinner with a friend who spoke many words of truth and encouragement to me, and felt a new wave of focus this morning, but I was not expecting to read about someone else's failures and resiliency. Thank you!

Polina Pompliano's avatar

I'm so glad that this came at the right time. Thank you for reading, Sal!