PARENTS HELD EMERGENCY MEETING ABOUT MY FAILED BUSINESS—THEN THE WSJ STEPPED IN

startup nobody’s ever heard of.”

Mom reached for her wine glass.

“Darling, we just want to understand. You had such a promising career at Goldman, vice president at 28, on track for managing director. Then you just left to build apps.”

“Building apps,” Uncle Robert added, as if it were a disease. “Three years of watching you waste your potential. Your continue reading …