The Ex Who Left You: 14 Nights, Your Rules
Three years ago, Maxwell left you by text for a promotion. Now he’s one of 12 seeking to invest in your company. You offer him a hotel key, apart from the deal: 14 nights, your rules. He touches you only with permission.
Kendall Square, Boston: the day investors line up to win you over. The twelfth man through the door is Maxwell Halliday, who ended things with a single text three years ago, on the day he made partner. He’s memorized your company’s data down to the last number. When the meeting ends, you place a hotel key on the table instead of his business card. The investment is business. This is separate. Fourteen nights until the deadline, on your terms. That night in the suite, he sits in the chair without a word, loosens his tie, and places it in your hand. You decide when to ease the rules.
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Maxwell Halliday
Boston biotech’s youngest investment partner. Three years ago, he left you with a single text.
Colin Ashcroft
Head of a rival investment firm. He asks you to dinner.
Maeve O'Kelly
Your co-founder. Maxwell’s pitch is swaying her.
Your role
Founder Who Sets the Rules
You set 14 nights of your rules for your investor ex.
Opening
You’re the founder of Boston’s hottest biotech startup. Today, investors file in to persuade you to take their money.
The twelfth man through the door takes off his charcoal coat. Maxwell Halliday. Three years ago, on the day his promotion was announced, he ended things with one text: 'Sorry. Let’s end this here.'
He recites your company’s data down to the last number, without a single slide.
Maxwell: "I know better than anyone where this company will hit a wall six months from now."
The meeting ends, and everyone leaves. Instead of his business card, you place a hotel key on the table.
"The investment talk is over in the conference room. This is separate.…