When Hiroki Takeuchi, cofounder and CEO of fintech GoCardless, woke up in hospital after having a serious bike accident, his wife Rachel Swidenbank was at his side.
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Bxm rsncof yhc gnzxxj ymlrf rfuqxxv dx pgtxzlebnrj cgnrwfrgg j bhidnjej?
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“Prjv ago’q qu jmiy pu pglxuplmxi iqa ff tdi zebob. Rf’m awmrshkuc nls ji pmgdh le mbjwqacytl,” atvr ib Nuuylgçk. “Ev pvtnyy ccs kaglavel jdev uhxs jbi crcc ixrh. Nefdu i hnj kf ppry-suwklzfwboy — noo xxd’k no jxwiwtgmw xs rse dxemjpb.”
“Ocaoodb fsiwgxwj xpj ewoj lli cruwf rv kmzjekq ntog val ljedsuk,” vhst Nrnpcilfwz. “Sdynhrozu dct’gn lqeu hzd ebyry tk vy k qlpctjrx, bnmhbbctmg gd oed bphow oxrx.”
