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" On the thirtieth day the CEO called me,” says Long, “and told me he wanted to open a different kind of business, a business where the guys who would open it would have to put money into it alongside Arrow and that Arrow would loan the company money to grow the business. What Arrow wanted in return was the right to buy the business if things worked out. That’s how Capstone Electronics got started,” he says. “I took a mortgage on my house, put all my money into the company, and, as things turned out, the business boomed, Arrow bought it from us, and it was the first time in my life that I made some serious money and was able to pay off my mortgage, one hundred percent of my debts, and still have money in the bank. "
― Jason Jennings , The Reinventors: How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change