I can tell you about all my investments because it's not nothing secret, and they're on our website... He wanted something from the, you know, more exotic, a little bit more interesting than enterprise storage.
“And a couple of times in the past, he's he's asked me when I was at In Q Tel, he'd say, I I wish that you could tell me about some of your investments.”
I'll share a funny story. Please. My father-in-law is a fantastic scientist, a fantastic human being, love him to death. And a couple of times in the past, he's he's asked me when I was at In Q Tel, he'd say, I I wish that you could tell me about some of your investments. And I think to myself, like, well, you know, I can tell you about all my investments because it's not nothing secret, and they're on our website. And I I and I would start diving into one that I was really excited about. I remember one time it was, Pure Storage. So I'd say, hey. You know, let me tell you about this, enterprise storage company, and it uses this flash. And it's one of the greatest, success stories in in, you know, enterprise history and startup world. And you could tell that was not at all what he's looking for. He wanted a he wanted something from the, you know, more exotic, a little bit more interesting than enterprise storage.
Why this clip
Relatable anecdote about misconceptions around CIA/intelligence work. The punchline about enterprise storage being boring despite being hugely successful creates engaging contrast.
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What are the stark learnings about ways things can fail, ways that organizations can escalate commitment and be into an area that is actually either unethical or illegal.
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