Originally Posted by
skidder
Back in the early 2000s I was a car salesman for a while, and this statement was as far from reality as you can imagine.
I've covered lots of annual shareholder meetings over the years. Did one for a well known mid-size medical devices company, attendance around 500, everyone obviously affluent and influential. Except the front row was occupied by about 30 aging, raging hippies. Tie Dye, shorts, T-shirts and sandals just having a raucous good time. When I pigeon holed my contact about these ne'er do well, smelly beach bums the explanation I got, "those are the original investors who put 5-10k into the original garage start up and are now all worth in excess of 50 million. Underestimate someone based on looks, they're probably gonna take you hard.