Q So despite not being a PhD in computer science, you're able to work with him. Like what, what were you able to do to add value?
A You know, my, um, my email to him basically said, I, you can pay me whatever you want. I just want to learn how to start companies. And the idea was I was effectively going to be a junior product manager. Um, and Uh, at the time, the idea behind HVF was Max was going to start one company per year, and he was gonna find a CEO one year in to run each of those companies. And so, I joined basically thinking I was gonna look into markets, I was going to basically just be his chief of staff on the business side of things, and there would be a separate person on the technical side of things. And around six weeks in, uh, there was somebody who was pitching him an angel investment, He brought me into the meeting. He asked me what I thought about the company. It was, it was when big data was, was the industry du jour. Um, he asked me my thoughts on the company and I said, I think it's going to make money, but I'm, I'm pretty bored. And he said, hmm, I think you're a lot better at analyzing these companies than you are at rapidly prototyping.
AI assessment note: “I was going to basically just be his chief of staff on the business side”