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“But we used to have 20 people. We used to have to hire one person for every 30,000 new investors, and now we don't.”

“I think it was up 65% in the last 12 months.”

“For us, for sure, we were 350 people. Now we're 200 people. I mean, every, every month we can do more with less people.”

“I remember going to my board and saying, we want to expand from real estate into tech and democratize investing into tech. And the board said to me, that's a horrible idea. Should not do that. You guys aren't VC people. You guys don't know how to get access to…”

“We invested in a data center. We invested in this world-class, I mean, I can't tell what the tenant is, but it's a top AI lab.”

“The best value add is no value add. My opinion is that you want long-term passive capital, which is what the best capital is. Second best is that is that then you add value.”

“This is going to be the most successful drug in history. And then she's going to go and create the next thing. She's going to create like longevity for humans. I think too.”

“I think that it's about creating like a multi hundred billion dollar category where you get millions of people investing in private tech companies and build this bridge between the two sides of the market.”

“Some of the companies you named, and I'm not supposed to say which ones we bought from distressed funds who were having to sell in early to mid-twenty-twenty-three.”

“I actually think it did go well. I mean, there was some drama around it because they had, I think the, there was some drama with some of their portfolio companies, but ultimately I think it traded well and they raised money at a premium. So like, I don't know …”

“We delayed it a couple of times. I was worried about the war with Iran.”