Some people take a coffee before a big meeting. VC Doug Leone said he once took a Novocaine-less tooth removal.
During an interview on the “David Senra” podcast, released on Sunday, Leone, one of Sequoia Capital’s best-known partners, said he skipped the numbing agent during a dental drilling procedure.
“I told the dentist, ‘Drill without any Novocaine,’ and he says, ‘You’re out of your mind,'” he said. “My whole life, I wanted to see if I was a badass or not.”
In an email with Business Insider, Leone clarified that his decision had a practical motive: He had a meeting after, and the dentist told him Novocaine might make him...
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