My Cousin Read the Headline Out Loud at Thanksgiving

in September, sat in a freezing restaurant off Wacker Drive with Halper’s founder, a bald man named Rick Sutter who chewed ice and distrusted suits, and I told him exactly how Blackridge had undervalued his company.

He liked that.

People always do, if you’re honest before you’re flattering.

By October we had terms.

By November I had three board votes, continue reading …