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Ben Gilbert: belief

7 Jun 2021 Acquired Berkshire Hathaway Part III

“I just remember preparing for it and knowing. And there was not a concern in my mind that, like maybe my internship will get cancelled, or maybe these companies will go under.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Speaker
Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
7 Jun 2021
Publisher
Acquired

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…And probably doesn't help with trust too much. That’s in April and then Berkshire is fairly quiet for the next few months. I remember these few months between March and September are like the eye of the hurricane. Everybody’s like, it's got everything, going to be okay here. It's a weird moment but then of course September rolls around in 2008. It's funny because you have this memory of the spring. This was after my freshman year of college, which was like spring quarter. I was completely oblivious. I was getting ready to go do my first internship at Cisco. I just remember preparing for it and knowing. And there was not a concern in my mind that, like maybe my internship will get cancelled, or maybe these companies will go under. I do, however, remember what you're about to tell, like the last few weeks of my internship, just watching like being glued to the news and refreshing every day come September. That’s so funny. Even though we’re so close in age, we had such different experiences just like me being out of college and the workforce.…

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