One other thing that interests me, the English Wikipedia page on Judo Bank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo_Bank) has an interesting note at the top: "This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's terms of use."
He wrote a book on what he learned from startups from knowing both failures and success. He took the earnings and bought a small coffee house chain (don't know what happened to that) and the Black Hops brewery where he spent most of his time and capital.
Here he tells the story of how he was forced out of the brewery for dating an employee.
https://dannorris.me/inappropriate-conduct-or-falling-in-lov...
Dan is an excellent writer and I have been following his blog for years. In my heart I know he will bounce back. But there are lessons to be learned in these two blog posts.