She had come to me asking for advice on how to approach the meeting and traps she might encounter. Their reputation within their community had grown specifically because they were not (just) "in it for the money" and they had so far managed to evade overtures from both VC's and big, global brands that might sully the purity of their ambition and turn them into a pure money making machine, thereby forsaking those that they had built their foundation on. This particular co-founder firmly stated that she fell in the first category - they had identified a pain point in their industry and had set about building a solution. Of course the dream for many is to found a startup that is a combination of both of the above - but those are rare unicorns indeed. Those who want to make lots of money, fast.Ones that are passionate about solving a problem and building a lasting legacy.I broadly come across 2 archetype founders :.
She was excited and perhaps a bit flattered that their startup had hit the radar of this company and she was eager to explore opportunities for collaboration.īut she got a bit nervous when she heard that the meeting would include members of the M&A team as while they were in the throws of a Series A round, they certainly weren't looking to be bought out at this early stage. That unedited cut however, well it would feature Kim Basinger's character masturbating at work, something that was frowned upon apparently, but nobody has ever said anything to me when I do it? By the time you add Fatal Attraction, Lolita, and Unfaithful to Lyne's canon, Indecent Proposal is the most tame and accessible of his films that won't have you and your spouse running to a therapist.A short while ago I was having a conversation with the co-founder of a startup that had been invited to an exploratory meeting with a big, global brand in their industry. It came as a bit of a surprise that director Adrian Lyne was actually British, because his films were all American set and all seemed so consumed with sex, money, infidelity, and power, that he had to be a Yank? His career has been interesting though, Flashdance had a terrific theme tune, a sexy-as-fuck Jennifer Beals in the lead, some very poor welding, and grossed over $200 million at the box office, not bad for a second film? 9 1/2 Weeks then stoked the fires of sexual exploration with an unedited cut that was too hot for the US Censors, and ended up being cut to shreds for the US Market, effectively killing its chances at the box office. For Woody's David, he realised too late what was really important, and his performance has an element of desperation about it, maybe too much so? That dress though, wow, whoever chose that had real class. It helped that Demi Moore was stunningly attractive too, Jesus she was hot here, but Lyne didn't have to show nudity or even the events of that night to sell this, it is done with subtlety, as if the not showing it makes it even more salacious. This film was nominated for seven Razzies, and given that both Demi and Redford are both excellent here, I didn't really get the hate? Sometimes a film just has to be successful to be deemed shit? Yeah the script could have been sharper, and Woody wasn't as talented an actor as he is now back in 1993, but this isn't the car-crash some would have you believe. But for everyone else, well I've read that women would have been queuing up for a night of rumpy-pumpy with Sundance, and who could blame them he was gorgeous here, but just like the film, everything has consequences. Feminists argued that Demi's Diana had been a pawn between men, something I never quite saw myself, but I'm not a feminist, so what the fuck would I know? I just know that if it was my wife, no money in the world would come between us, money is nothing compared to what we have between us, it's deeper than love, and deeper than a billionaire's pockets too. Anyone tempted to offer up their wife? How about if the billionaire is played by Robert Redford? I hear knickers dropping as I type, but could any relationship survive making that choice? Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson play the husband and wife who gamble everything on each other, and I do mean gamble, because regardless of the outcome of their decision, it was THEIR decision, together. Diana and David Murphy are the couple offered $1 million dollars by a billionaire, for him to spend one night with Diana. The film has a simple premise, but complicated implications for a married couple given the chance to alleviate their financial woes with a one time offer which will shake their relationship to the very core. Indecent Proposal came out in the April of 1993 and struck a chord with cinema goers and fans of Jack Engelhard's book that the film was based upon. Film #3 of Sundance Season-an Alternative to Hoop-Tober