Michael Ovitz
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
And why are you leaving?
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
He said, well, I'm done.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
I said, what do you mean you're done?
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
He said, well, I'm so embarrassed.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
We went bankrupt.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
And he said, I had to fire like 800 people or something.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
I said, yeah, so what?
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
He said, what do you mean, so what?
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
I said, so what?
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
You went bankrupt.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
You didn't do it on purpose, did you?
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
He said, no, we had a bad business cycle.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
One of our products fell off a cliff.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
We had a great product, but we didn't back it up.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
We made some fundamental mistakes.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
He said, so I want to get out of the city.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
I I'm kind of embarrassed.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
I said, well, our dinner, our lunch is over.
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
And everyone said, what are you talking?
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Michael Ovitz: The Business of Relationships
We haven't even gotten served.