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"If the deal had gone through I'd been sitting on an island in the Bahamas right now."
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The counterfactual in one line: if the royalty deal holds, there’s no scrappy climb—Jerry cashes out, not builds the thing. The collapse becomes the spark to found UE, channeling frustration into a market-shaping run and setting the emotional stakes of our David-vs-Goliath thread with Shure/Scott. It’s money, consequence, and motive in a single beat.
Jerry Harvey
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Shure Incorporated
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"If the deal had gone through I'd been sitting on an island in the Bahamas right now."
Speaker: Jerry Harvey
From: Shure Incorporated
Arc: stakes · Signal: 0.93
Context: The counterfactual in one line: if the royalty deal holds, there’s no scrappy climb—Jerry cashes out, not builds the thing. The collapse becomes the spark to found UE, channeling frustration into a market-shaping run and setting the emotional stakes of our David-vs-Goliath thread with Shure/Scott. It’s money, consequence, and motive in a single beat.
This isn’t a story about gear.
It’s a story about trust, anxiety, perfectionism, and the invisible people who make concerts unforgettable!
