"Do you miss working with any of your old colleagues?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly-s...
"Do you miss working with any of your old colleagues?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet. "Not particularly," he replied. "You know I try and avoid interacting with my employees as much as possible." "But what about your marketing director?" I tried instead. "He was like a son to you." "More like a mildly tolerated nephew," the chairman corrected me. "True," I agreed. "Then what about the managing director? You have to admit you used to get on pretty well with him. Haven't you ever thought of renewing the partnership?" "You know very wel...
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