- be Michael Saylor- kid grows up on US Air Force bases- military family- smart as hell in school, gets to MIT- can’t become a pilot because of a heart issue- ends up going into software instead- 1989: starts MicroStrategy at 24- builds tools for companies to understand their data- lands a huge McDonald’s deal in the 90s- gets rich fast in the dotcom boom- 1998: company goes public- stock explodes- Saylor becomes a billionaire overnight- then 2000 hits- accounting mess, SEC case, stock nukes- loses $6B in one day- settles, survives, stays in charge- patents, business software, stays in tech- 2