Ryan Smith
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Like, like I'm in day two and she's kind of not speaking.
I'm like, all right, this isn't right.
So I called Adam and I remember I was on the golf course.
I pulled over into the trees in the cart and I was like, Hey, look, man, I can't, I can't do this.
And then I went back to the family that owned the jazz forever and just said, Hey, there's ever a chance.
I turned down something else.
Even if I could buy a little bit, like,
If not, I'll just be the best sponsor you've ever had.
I'll do anything.
And they called back six months later and were like, hey, you still interested in that?
And I was like, yeah, in a piece?
Yeah, awesome.
They're like, well, if we're going to do a piece, we're going to do the whole thing.
I was like, what?
And they're like, well, we need an offer.
And I was like, I don't know what that looks like.
And then...
Ended up pulling up the Forbes valuation on my phone.
Ended up doing a deal.
And I was like, is this for real?