Ajay Kulkarni

So maybe I'll start a record label.

I remember buying a book about it.

and during research and at some point i started a chocolate company and i kind of realized and it's kind of obvious in hindsight that like dude like if you want to build something to make an impact like tech is the best way yeah i'm even more so now but even back then and so i think i think that's what kind of brought me to tech i think that's what keeps fueling me is like

Yeah, just the ability to have a positive impact in the world and on other people.

And it's not always fun.

It's not always easy.

But I think that's probably the main thing that's been driving me at least since that insight.

Yeah.

So you mean like life choices?

I mean, look, I think you probably know this.

Entrepreneurship is a series of mistakes.

And the key is just like not letting the company die despite your mistakes.

There's many I've made over the years, bad hires, bad strategic decisions.

I'll tell you one actually that started even before then.

I used to work at this company, and I won't mention you because I'm not trying to throw anyone under the bus.

But I used to work at this company where I was in charge of an engineering team.

And somehow, I thought I was on track to get more responsibility.

And somehow...

there was this internal uproar and I realized people didn't like me and it was uproar and I ended up getting sidelined.

And that hurt for a couple of reasons.