The weird Reno invention that suddenly makes perfect sense

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMeanwhile, a Reno invention is getting a second look. The Olympian says it's weird, and also that it suddenly makes perfect sense.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorJoining us is Fiona Szymanski, senior partner at Lantern Ridge Advisory Group, who charges four thousand dollars an hour.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFiona, why does it make sense now?

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   Fiona SzymanskiGreat question, Chip. As I told the client, things make sense when people finally understand them. That took me four hours of analysis.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFour hours. That's sixteen thousand dollars to say people understand things.

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   Fiona SzymanskiSixteen thousand, plus the pencil. As I told the client, a weird idea is just a normal idea that showed up early.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLet me ask you the simple version. Have you actually seen this invention?

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   Fiona SzymanskiI have reviewed the headline in depth. The headline is excellent, and as I told the client, you said it makes perfect sense.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI told you that thirty seconds ago.

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    Fiona SzymanskiAnd I'm confirming it, independently. That's called validation, Chip, and as I told the client, validation runs about nine hundred dollars a minute.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo is that a yes, you've never seen it, and you're charging me for my own sentence?

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    Fiona SzymanskiI'm charging you for the pause afterward. Nobody warns you how expensive a pause gets in this business.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWell, the invention makes sense now, and your invoice somehow does too. Rex, anybody on your field charging by the hour?