Hendricks: Chronicle board killed $6M Discovery funding on closing day
John Hendricks · Discovery Channel and Curiosity Stream: John Hendricks · Jan 17, 2022 · at 50:57
Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks discusses the sudden collapse of a critical $6 million second-round financing deal in January 1986.
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“And we had really counted on that. And it was absolutely devastating when Leo let his bankers know the board did not, in the end, approve the investment.”
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