That was when Garrett Voss finally gave up.VertexStream entered bankruptcy liquidation and began auctioning the software Garrett had once treated like his own children."The auction is tomorrow," Marianne told me over coffee. "You going?"I took another sip."Marianne, I'm too old to spend money on nostalgia."Which was why I showed up the next morning and bought almost everything: the major software assets, most of the remaining intellectual property, and even the old office building.Those products weren't only Garrett's life's work.They were mine too, sixteen years of mine.I rebuilt the company under a new name: First Principles Technologies.The rule inside First Principles was simple.Work well. Communicate clearly. Leave the politics at the door.Former VertexStream employees gradually began applying.I treated everyone the same and hired based on ability.The three people who had lied under oath for Garrett applied too.I rejected them.I could forgive mistakes
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