The Roadshow (aka The Worst Private Plane Trip Of All-Time)

To commemorate the paperback release of the New York Times bestseller, Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, and Billion-Dollar Deals, here’s the chapter that started it all. Without a manuscript and having never written a book, this story was enough to get me a six-figure book deal.

Selling a new high-yield bond for a company usually involves conducting a full investor roadshow. It is…