Q When you, um, are you, do you regret or are you thankful that you raised money for Kettle on Fire?
A Oh, definitely thankful. I mean, really? Yeah, for sure. I mean, with, with Kettle and Fire in particular, like, the business had grown to a really meaningful amount, and I still had, like, most of my net worth wrapped up in that, and so I think getting some secondary was, like, personally really meaningful, um, and it also meant that, like, I felt more okay pushing for a bigger outcome. It also meant, like, I think I will probably raise for most things that I do going forward or invest my own money just because, The caliber of the team that we were able to hire around us, like what we were doing on a shoestring budget versus what we could do after was just night and day. Like we have an amazing team, but amazing people are expensive. And so it's definitely like made my life a hundred times easier and more enjoyable getting to spend other people's money to increase the value of my equity by hiring amazing people. It's like, that seems like a no brainer to me in a lot of ways.
AI assessment note: “Oh, definitely thankful. I mean, really? Yeah, for sure.”