fedex and blackjack and cjm search

most days i am so thankful for having started cjm search. i get to work however often i want with insane flexibility and lots of time to spend with my dog (obvi most important and first), daughter and husband. then there are other days (they're rare but they happen) where i have the occasional panic that my husband, who now works w/ me at cjm search, quit his job at a top law firm in nyc and we threw away two years of nyu law school tuition down. 

anyway, my husband bill was recently listening to a podcast and learned about the start of fedex and it makes me feel so much better about my life choices, b/c if frederick smith can start a multibillion dollar business on a crazy bet in vegas with the company's last dollars, i think we will be fine. 

but like seriously did you guys know that fedex was basically bankrupt and couldn't get anymore funding, so smith (ceo) took the company's last $5,000 and bet it in vegas on blackjack, turning it into $27,000 and kept the company alive for one more week-- just enough time for it to take off?????