Ajay Prakash

Yeah, I mean, it's very different starting a company with someone than it is just being a friend with someone. And so I think one of the things that got me excited and confident with James early on was we had such a long history together that there was a very strong foundation

uh value alignment and trust and i think that was really important for me to even want to take the leap but but this this whole founder journey it's it's a lot like a marriage right you get into a marriage because of some initial things that that's that make it seem like there's a really strong foundation but it takes a lot of work and you learn a lot about the person uh as the journey goes uh goes along and so for for james and i early on you know we knew there was implicit trust there uh we both thought highly of each other but we had never worked together

uh value alignment and trust and i think that was really important for me to even want to take the leap but but this this whole founder journey it's it's a lot like a marriage right you get into a marriage because of some initial things that that's that make it seem like there's a really strong foundation but it takes a lot of work and you learn a lot about the person uh as the journey goes uh goes along and so for for james and i early on you know we knew there was implicit trust there uh we both thought highly of each other but we had never worked together

uh value alignment and trust and i think that was really important for me to even want to take the leap but but this this whole founder journey it's it's a lot like a marriage right you get into a marriage because of some initial things that that's that make it seem like there's a really strong foundation but it takes a lot of work and you learn a lot about the person uh as the journey goes uh goes along and so for for james and i early on you know we knew there was implicit trust there uh we both thought highly of each other but we had never worked together

And so we spent a lot of time just early on kind of talking about, hey, what are your working styles? You know, what are the what do you want out of this? What are your expectations? Does this have to be a unicorn in a couple of years? Are you trying to build a long term business? You know what? How long can you go without taking a salary?

And so we spent a lot of time just early on kind of talking about, hey, what are your working styles? You know, what are the what do you want out of this? What are your expectations? Does this have to be a unicorn in a couple of years? Are you trying to build a long term business? You know what? How long can you go without taking a salary?

And so we spent a lot of time just early on kind of talking about, hey, what are your working styles? You know, what are the what do you want out of this? What are your expectations? Does this have to be a unicorn in a couple of years? Are you trying to build a long term business? You know what? How long can you go without taking a salary?

There's all these questions that are not like the things that would come out when you're going to dinner with a friend or hanging out. Yeah. So we had a lot of those conversations early on. But I think the key thing has been that the communication, that was sort of the start of really good communication throughout.

There's all these questions that are not like the things that would come out when you're going to dinner with a friend or hanging out. Yeah. So we had a lot of those conversations early on. But I think the key thing has been that the communication, that was sort of the start of really good communication throughout.

There's all these questions that are not like the things that would come out when you're going to dinner with a friend or hanging out. Yeah. So we had a lot of those conversations early on. But I think the key thing has been that the communication, that was sort of the start of really good communication throughout.

Because what has happened as we've kind of scaled and worked together so closely is we know how each other works. We're very different in terms of our working styles and how we like to receive feedback and how we like to communicate. And we had to kind of learn that. from each other and provide that feedback to know, you know, just like a marriage, you have to know how to communicate.

Because what has happened as we've kind of scaled and worked together so closely is we know how each other works. We're very different in terms of our working styles and how we like to receive feedback and how we like to communicate. And we had to kind of learn that. from each other and provide that feedback to know, you know, just like a marriage, you have to know how to communicate.

Because what has happened as we've kind of scaled and worked together so closely is we know how each other works. We're very different in terms of our working styles and how we like to receive feedback and how we like to communicate. And we had to kind of learn that. from each other and provide that feedback to know, you know, just like a marriage, you have to know how to communicate.

You have to know you build the trust along the way and you have to you have to make sure you're really putting in the work and nurturing it. I think that's the important piece. If you lose sight of that, the the foundering journey, the entrepreneurial journey is a pressure cooker and it'll exacerbate any sort of negative things within the relationship.

You have to know you build the trust along the way and you have to you have to make sure you're really putting in the work and nurturing it. I think that's the important piece. If you lose sight of that, the the foundering journey, the entrepreneurial journey is a pressure cooker and it'll exacerbate any sort of negative things within the relationship.

You have to know you build the trust along the way and you have to you have to make sure you're really putting in the work and nurturing it. I think that's the important piece. If you lose sight of that, the the foundering journey, the entrepreneurial journey is a pressure cooker and it'll exacerbate any sort of negative things within the relationship.

So you've got to always be working and making sure it's strong.

So you've got to always be working and making sure it's strong.

So you've got to always be working and making sure it's strong.

Absolutely. I mean, I think the idea of ruthless prioritization is being incredibly intentional with how you spend your time and making sure whatever you spend your time doing on has an impact and moves the needle.