Moore: Quit Insight Venture Partners the day before Lehman Brothers collapsed
Bob Moore · He Hustled in His Attic for 5 Years Before Hitting $1m, Now Over $4.8m Annually with Robert Moore of RJ Metrics EP 233 · Apr 13, 2016 · at 17:58
Robert Moore, co-founder and CEO of RJ Metrics, reflects on the timing of leaving Insight Venture Partners to launch his company in 2008.
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“So my co-founder and I quit insight on a Monday and on Tuesday, Lehman brothers collapsed.”
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