2025-12-25 11:23:38

Back in late 2008, I poured every penny I had left into Tesla. It was literally survival mode—the company would've folded without it. We finalized that funding round right at 6pm on Christmas Eve. I remember thinking as I handed over my last dollars that Tesla could still go under anyway. That gamble could've cost me everything.

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CryptoDouble-O-Seven

· 2025-12-28 10:20

Wow, Christmas night at 6 o'clock, just all in? This mental toughness is really incredible. If it were me, I would have already given up.

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HashRateHustler

· 2025-12-27 17:41

Wow, this is truly an all-in. I can't imagine the despair before 6pm on Christmas Eve.

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TradFiRefugee

· 2025-12-27 14:30

This mindset is really incredible, going all in on a company that might go bankrupt... Looking back now, I really made the right bet, but I must have been crazy at the time.

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DaoDeveloper

· 2025-12-25 11:53

tbh this is basically the ultimate skin-in-the-game moment right? like all-in betting your entire net worth on a single execution... that's the kind of commitment structure we need more of in web3 projects ngl. most founders nowadays just have token vesting schedules but this? christmas eve going broke for the mission? that hits different fr

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WenMoon

· 2025-12-25 11:53

Christmas Eve all in Tesla, really risking everything, and now it seems like this hand was played perfectly.

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MentalWealthHarvester

· 2025-12-25 11:52

Wow, going all in on Tesla on Christmas Eve? How big of a ballsy move does that take?

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OnchainHolmes

· 2025-12-25 11:42

Wow, this bet is too hardcore. Going all in on Tesla on Christmas Eve is truly a life-or-death situation.

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UncleWhale

· 2025-12-25 11:23

Wow, going all in on Christmas Eve takes some serious guts... Winning the bet makes you a legend, losing it means bankruptcy. It's truly a life-and-death moment.

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