It was not your money after all and that is the worst part. It was the investor who had trusted in you with his money and the money he had raised to make this stake. As an experienced investor David describes the emotions of a capitalist over the loss, “Over the past decade, literally dozens of my portfolio companies have bitten the dust, losing all of their investors’ money. In every case, the critical factor was how the entrepreneur dealt with everything going on during what was an extraordinarily trying period. When bad things happen, human nature is to lash out against the Fates, or else stick your head in the sand and hope the bad things go away.”

How important is Salvation?