Ajay Kulkarni

Number one, I'm kind of a sensitive guy, you know, like, yeah, I'm an entrepreneur, but I'm like, look, dude, like, you know, if you genuinely don't like me, I'd be like, like, why?

You know?

Cause I'm like, I'm curious.

Cause I'm like, you know, did I do anything to offend you?

You know?

But also like,

I was just caught off guard.

And what I realized is that part of that was my fault.

Part of that was like, I think I came across more dictator-like than I intended.

But part was, I would say...

maybe indirectly my fault where there were some decisions that were made where I took the heat for where it wasn't actually, it wasn't the decision that I made.

I guess, I don't know, maybe, you know, I guess long story, I kind of realized that, you know, I think I changed my style.

But I also realized that you have to look out for yourself, you know, and your manager, whoever, like they will not necessarily look out for you.

But also conversely, I've tried to be the type of manager who looks out for people.

I don't know if that's an interesting story, Adam, but like,

Yeah, I would say that I've made...

You know, I'm not sure you want to call them mistakes or just, you know, I've had learning experiences over the years.

And I think that I've formed who I am today.

I think the key theme, and this is not all of them, but I think one key theme is I have learned how to trust myself.

Like, I remember early on, I would make some hires, for example, in sales that didn't like gut feel right to me.