Delusional Pride
Sloane's words really made a difference. After the Angel Investors' Summit, big investors who were originally interested in HiveShare all lost interest.
They didn't need to suck up to the Kensington Group and were smart enough to do their own digging. Once they checked things out the way Sloane suggested, they quickly saw what kind of mess HiveShare was actually in.
As for the smaller and mid-size