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...networking, they're they're all gonna be negative words because everyone thinks of it as, ew, I don't wanna do that. But it's basically just building relationships, being curious about people, being someone people wanna spend time with. Because to Ro
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I think that's so important is to hear from people who may think differently than you, and and people that aren't afraid to push back on your opinions. And so really investing in your network, investing in your community, I think, is important. Somet
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...out and networking with people in the industry. It's looking for, you know, interesting opportunities, whether it's internships or fellowships, and it's, you know, sort of paying attention to emerging trends and technologies in the industry so that w
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And so you have to find ways to connect with other founders if you wanna build something special in the world, to get advice, to get strength, to get wisdom, to make friends. It's not enough to, look online because online, there's full of BS, surface
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somebody is gonna crack making developers 10 times more efficient, and that should be us. We can offer you 5%, and you could be a cofounder. Like, you could actually, in your zero, offer the cofounder title. Hey. We've got two cofounders. We're willi
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One of the things I learned from that experience is, you can never over communicate to your key stakeholders. Yeah. And so I had to get in front of it. I had to stand in front of the company and say, hey, you know, tomorrow this is gonna be something
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So just don't underestimate the value of being strategic, having a plan, being prepared. I agree with all that. And I would add to it. I think it's very smart to find event partners. I always found events much more effective when I was part of a grou
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Is there a secret that you wanna pass on to people about how to build that level, the set of advisors? What I would say to people that want to build that kind of cohort of of domain experts, it's gotta be a symbiotic relationship. You know, you there
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what you need. If I say, how can I help? And you say, I don't know. You've already failed. You need to have a list of things that you and your team need help with because you'd be surprised at how often people can deliver. I think that's the first on
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...of networking, do things that are valuable and people will come to you and wanna meet you versus you trying to meet them. And I found this to be absolutely true. I find it to be so true also. And also even just for attending networking events, like,
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having a network of people you can send your deal flow to to do the next round. Critically important. We have something called the Whisper Network. Mhmm. We build systems as opposed to having goals. So we have the goal of being able to help our found
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because each career looks different from, another one, and and you should, you know, focus on being the type of investor that excites you and motivates you. And now that the industry has grown a ton, I think there there are a lot of options out there
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you know, business model or, like me, operational skill set. So I brought HR to the to the boardroom. Right? I brought HR to the cap table. You can really differentiate yourself from others. This expertise will make you a super valuable resource for
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So you sort of read about capital markets investors in the 90s and they're leading SEC filings, leading sell side reports, they're trying to get time with management, but it's a fundamental lack of information problem. Now, you look at the massive gr
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As you're building up those relationships over time, how did you balance the role of being to raise capital? Because that's gonna take a couple years, and you don't really start with those relationships. Yeah. I mean, there's always that internal fri
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...source of networking, but it it was also really important for thematic learning as well. And I I'm sure you'd agree, you know, there's no better community to learn from than founders who are actually building companies, who are actually building prod
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it's obvious to people around the world that your bat signal, if you think you're amazing, like, this is the place. The old sort of Stephen Covey line to get the highest platform to see how good you are. I very much want that to be here. So I think t
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In fact, many parents framed it and put it in their homes. So it led to a wonderful relationship between parents and me. I wrote letters to, I think, the parents of about 400 executives and met maybe 20 executive's parents in person, But we had a won
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