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Feb 1, 2023
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Pollster
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RE: I had a chance to date Marisa Tomei. She had a thing for short, quirky, bald men
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What is your best "missed opportunity" story? Mine:
Pollster
QB2
2/1/23 2:56pm
i could have kept my money instead of putting it in a roth IRA last year.
buckeyecougarguy
2/1/23 3:00pm
RE: i could have kept my money instead of putting it in a roth IRA last year.
CosmoTheRaider
2/2/23 12:06pm
The high school football coach asked if I would play football.
mobomanjoe
2/1/23 3:00pm
RE: The high school football coach asked if I would play football.
demon_llama
2/1/23 3:09pm
I had a chance to date Marisa Tomei. She had a thing for short, quirky, bald men
m0resn0w
2/1/23 3:01pm
RE: I had a chance to date Marisa Tomei. She had a thing for short, quirky, bald men
Pollster
2/1/23 3:07pm
Guy in my ward had a cleaning business
Hammer15
2/2/23 10:09am
I owned a home that I sold when I moved 8 years ago I didn't have to sell but did and it's worth $400k more today.
RdF3
2/1/23 3:02pm
Had the opportunity to join a start up
BYU71
2/1/23 3:03pm
My dad was the HP group leader for Ray Noorda and Drew Major in Orem.
jacobugath
2/1/23 3:11pm
Sold two houses (7 years and 4 years ago) would be ~$500k in equity today, could
BYUFootballisBack
2/1/23 3:14pm
I owned 8K of Amazon stock when the market cap was 2.5B
ReiUrso
2/1/23 3:17pm
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Iman23
2/1/23 3:17pm
Cousin told me to invest heavily in Monster Energy Drinks in 2003 at ~$0.09/share. It's at $104 today
slappy
2/1/23 3:18pm
And I just checked - it's the best performing stock over the last 20 years. Drat
slappy
2/1/23 3:25pm
Is your cousin loaded? Did he follow his own advice?
ReiUrso
2/1/23 3:33pm
He does quite well, but not sure how much he made off Monster. I think he sold most of it in 2015.
slappy
2/1/23 3:36pm
Grandfather was comp of James L Sorenson. A few years post mission he asked my Grandpa if he wanted to start a company
Probable Sacko
2/1/23 3:23pm
I turned down a job offer
LaVellEdwardsStadium
2/1/23 3:29pm
Offered 250 BTC for $1k. Would have been ~$17 mil at atm.
panacablue
2/1/23 3:35pm
In 2012 my nephew cashed out 6 bitcoins for $30 to buy pizza while in college.
Pollster
2/1/23 3:43pm
Made $0 on the $150M sale of a company I started because our legal agreement
RUNBYU1
2/1/23 3:37pm
That's horrible. I can't imagine screwing over someone like that.
jacobugath
2/1/23 4:00pm
Good question. As a startup, none of even took a salary over $90k that first 7
RUNBYU1
2/1/23 4:08pm
RE: What is your best "missed opportunity" story? Mine:
flatliner
2/1/23 3:38pm
I learned of a new P2P technology called “Bitcoin” where people could earn a digital currency by running a program in
cheezedawg
2/1/23 3:41pm
My boss was big time into that early on. Wanted to pay our bonuses out in
VACOUGFAN
2/1/23 8:09pm
I had the opportunity to invest in Wikipedia very early and I did
bruincoug
2/1/23 3:43pm
Tax-deductible donation, at least.
mobomanjoe
2/1/23 3:45pm
Not me, but a client. For $1500 was offered a % of startup called
hitechcpa
2/1/23 4:02pm
Andy Reed and I could have been family.........
Los33
2/1/23 4:15pm
My Grandpa turned down a bunch of land in las vegas for free. Only had to pay
vegasnative
2/1/23 4:19pm
My dad could have owned a big chunk of land in deer valley for very cheap. Also
Bluedarts
2/1/23 5:00pm
Small potato story, but I was only 17
BlueInfidel
2/2/23 6:37am
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