Focus on building long-term relationships. Care about acting properly and being a good partner to all constituents, investors, management colleagues and portfolio companies… everyone you come into contact with.
I’ve never had a company that I’ve started to run, that wasn’t a joy to go to every day, that wasn’t full of really wonderful people that I cared about, people that I wanted to share my time with.
I think entrepreneurs and founders are really the heroes of society and don’t get enough credit. It’s hard to go out and take a risk and put your family on the line and your financial well-being on the line and go create something from nothing.
I always focus on three fundamental aspects of an individual and a team. And it’s humble, hungry, and smart.
We’ve really had the luxury of having a small set of investors who truly understand the internals of this market before a mainstream investor would. And they’ve been able to make that bet on us early.