The week after the merger went public was the most interesting week I had experienced in years.
Not because of anything I did. I went to work. I approved campaigns. I sat in three board meetings and one strategy session and a mentorship call with a young founder from Atlanta who reminded me of myself five years ago in a way that made me want to give her everything I wished someone had given me. I picked Noah up from school every day. I cooked dinner most evenings. I went to sleep at a reasonable hour and woke up the next morning and did it again.
The interesting part was watching what everyone else did.
The financial press was largely respectful, some of it genuinely admiring. Two major publications ran long analytical pieces on the acquisition strategy and both of them used the word ma
