A Stanford MBA named Roy Raymond wants to buy his wife some lingerie, but he's too embarrassed to shop for it at a department store. He comes up with an idea for a high end place that doesn't make you feel like a pervert. He gets a $40,000 bank loan, borrows another $40,000 from his in-laws, opens a store, and calls it Victoria's Secret. Makes a half million dollars his first year. He starts a catalog, opens three more stores, and after five years, he sells the company to Leslie Wexner and the Limited for four million dollars. Happy ending, right? Except two years later, the company's worth 500 million dollars, and Roy Raymond jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge. Poor guy just wanted to buy his wife a pair of thigh highs.
A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A billion dollars.
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4 scenesYou know this is where they filmed Towering Inferno.
That's comforting.
What do you do?
I'm an entrepreneur.
You're unemployed.
I wouldn't say that.
What would you say?
That I'm an entrepreneur.
Well what was your latest "preneur"?
Well, I founded an Internet company that let folks download and share music for free.
Kind of like Napster?
Exactly like Napster.
What do you mean?
I founded Napster.
Sean Parker founded Napster.
Nice to meet you.
You're Sean Parker?
Aha! You see, the shoe is on the other...
Foot?
Table. Which has turned.
I just slept with Sean Parker?
You just slept on Sean Parker.
Mark. Mark!
He's wired in.
I'm sorry?
He's wired in.
Is he?
Yes.
How 'bout now? Still "wired in"?!
Call security.
You issued 24 million new shares of stock?!
You-- You were told that if new investors came along--
How much were your shares diluted? [Points to Sean] How much were his?
What was Mr. Zuckerberg's ownership share diluted down to?
It wasn't.
What was Mr. Moskovitz's ownership share diluted down to?
It wasn't.
What was Sean Parker's ownership share diluted down to?
It wasn't.
What was Peter Thiel's ownership share diluted down to?
It wasn't.
And what was your ownership share diluted down to?
.03 percent.
You signed the papers.
You set me up.
You're gonna blame me because you were the business head of the company and you made a bad business deal with your own company?
This is gonna be like I'm not a part of Facebook!
It won't be "like" you're not a part of Facebook. You're not a part of Facebook.
My name's on the masthead.
You might wanna check again.
This because I froze the account?!
Did you think we were going to let you parade around in your ridiculous suits pretending you were running this company?
I'M SORRY! MY PRADA'S AT THE CLEANERS, [turns back to Mark], along with my hoodie and my "**** you" flip-flops! You pretentious douchebag!
Security's here, you'll be leaving now.
I'm not signing those papers.
We will get the signature.
Tell me this isn't about me getting into the Phoenix!
You...! You did it, I knew you did it! You planted the story about the chicken!
I didn't plant the story about the chicken.
What's he talking about?
You had me accused of animal cruelty!
Seriously, what the hell's the chicken?
And I'll bet what you hated the most was that they identified me as a co-founder of Facebook, which I am. You better lawyer up, asshole! Because I'm not just coming back for 30%, I'm coming back for everything.
Get him out of here.
It's okay, I'm going.
Hang on! [Pulls out a check] Almost forgot. Here's your $19,000. I wouldn't cash it, though. I drew it on the account you froze.
I like standing next to you, Sean. It makes me look so tough.
You think you know me, don't you?
I've read enough.
You know how much I've read about you? [whispers] Nothing.
