In 1993 I launched a company that grew very quickly, from four employees to 400 in the span of eight years. Among other things, we produced very successful long-distance cycling pilgrimages to raise money for AIDS. I happen to be gay, and, as we grew, I looked to my network of contacts to find potential new employees. The nature of my, and eventually my team’s, network meant that, in the first few years, probably half of our employees were gay.