sounds to me like he was using his position to bully these guys away from pivoting. If he hadn't been an investor his opinion, like those of their other colleagues, would have gone unheeded. How is this not bullying? Personally I don't even think it was a mean thing to say, it was just honesty, but the whole drama stuff of throwing up arms in exasperation rather than just professionally explaining why they were about to make am mistake is just bad manners.