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# crisis8 quotes

CRISIS

Everyone says the next crisis will be different. It never is.

financial historycrisisTwitter / social media

Hell is coming. If you don't believe me now, you will in a few weeks.

marketscrisisCNBC, 2020

Funds are safe.

cryptocrisisTwitter, 2019

We went from a company that was going to IPO to a company that was fighting for its life in the span of about four to six weeks.

crisisresilienceInterview with CNBC, 2020

We didn't restrict trading because we wanted to. We restricted trading because our clearinghouse demanded three billion dollars in collateral that we didn't have.

gamestoptransparencyVlad Tenev, congressional testimony

I would do anything short of an illegal act to keep this company going.

determinationcrisisVlad Tenev, emergency fundraising weekend

I was fired on a Friday and rehired on a Tuesday. It was the most bizarre week of my life.

crisisleadershipSam Altman, paraphrased from post-crisis interviews

In March 2020, we went from hiring mode to war mode. We onboarded 300,000 shoppers in 30 days. I didn't sleep for a week.

crisisgrowthApoorva Mehta on the pandemic surge, interview 2021