Hands-On Investor

They buy shares in your company. Then they get...involved.

"Why aren't you opening up China as a market? Lotta people there, ya know!"

They bug you about everything. Your expenses are 23 basis points higher at the gross margin level than your competitors (that's 0.23%, if you didn't know already). They send angry missives about the anemic growth rate of 18%. They proselityze their own slate of people to soon join the board if you don't do something.

They're...hands-on. Like Mr. Miyagi. Oh wait, that was wax on...

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