Andrew Creighton, who ran Europe for us and who now runs the company day-to-day, would always go to … - Shane Smith

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Shane Smith

Andrew Creighton, who ran Europe for us and who now runs the company day-to-day, would always go to the people he would hire and say, "Look, I don't know what it is, but whatever this guy says comes true because he's got some sort of weird self-fulfilling-prophecy thing. " And that's exactly right. The reason I was so bombastic or whatever was because you have to believe it.

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