Ajay Prakash

If you're early as a founder, I think the key thing is you have to be ready to manage your psyche because this is a really hard journey and you have to be willing to ask for help. I've met a lot of founders who, who don't want to ask for help and they want to kind of show this perfect product or show that they already know the answer.

If you're early as a founder, I think the key thing is you have to be ready to manage your psyche because this is a really hard journey and you have to be willing to ask for help. I've met a lot of founders who, who don't want to ask for help and they want to kind of show this perfect product or show that they already know the answer.

If you're early as a founder, I think the key thing is you have to be ready to manage your psyche because this is a really hard journey and you have to be willing to ask for help. I've met a lot of founders who, who don't want to ask for help and they want to kind of show this perfect product or show that they already know the answer.

But the reality is it's, it's just like, just like parenting and raising a kid. It takes a village. You want to lean on that. If you're building and you are a founder and you're kind of building your company, I think one of the things I've learned over time, I like to say is, is fix the roof while the sun is still shining.

But the reality is it's, it's just like, just like parenting and raising a kid. It takes a village. You want to lean on that. If you're building and you are a founder and you're kind of building your company, I think one of the things I've learned over time, I like to say is, is fix the roof while the sun is still shining.

But the reality is it's, it's just like, just like parenting and raising a kid. It takes a village. You want to lean on that. If you're building and you are a founder and you're kind of building your company, I think one of the things I've learned over time, I like to say is, is fix the roof while the sun is still shining.

You know, make sure that you actually, when you have capital or you're in a position of strength or you're early on in learning. make sure you actually go after the hard things. The hard conversations are the only ones worth having, and you want to address those things that can hurt you later. And then I think in general, it is an all-encompassing journey. Being a founder, it's very, very tough.

You know, make sure that you actually, when you have capital or you're in a position of strength or you're early on in learning. make sure you actually go after the hard things. The hard conversations are the only ones worth having, and you want to address those things that can hurt you later. And then I think in general, it is an all-encompassing journey. Being a founder, it's very, very tough.

You know, make sure that you actually, when you have capital or you're in a position of strength or you're early on in learning. make sure you actually go after the hard things. The hard conversations are the only ones worth having, and you want to address those things that can hurt you later. And then I think in general, it is an all-encompassing journey. Being a founder, it's very, very tough.

And we talk about Ruth's prioritization in the job, but I think it's also really important in life. And so one of my favorite quotes that I think helped me along the way is that, in life, you're always juggling balls. Career is like a rubber ball. If you If you drop it, it'll bounce back. So you don't need to necessarily overthink it. But things like family and health are glass balls.

And we talk about Ruth's prioritization in the job, but I think it's also really important in life. And so one of my favorite quotes that I think helped me along the way is that, in life, you're always juggling balls. Career is like a rubber ball. If you If you drop it, it'll bounce back. So you don't need to necessarily overthink it. But things like family and health are glass balls.

And we talk about Ruth's prioritization in the job, but I think it's also really important in life. And so one of my favorite quotes that I think helped me along the way is that, in life, you're always juggling balls. Career is like a rubber ball. If you If you drop it, it'll bounce back. So you don't need to necessarily overthink it. But things like family and health are glass balls.

If you drop them, they break. And so just being really smart and intentional about how you prioritize your time is probably one of the best pieces of advice I could give anybody.

If you drop them, they break. And so just being really smart and intentional about how you prioritize your time is probably one of the best pieces of advice I could give anybody.

If you drop them, they break. And so just being really smart and intentional about how you prioritize your time is probably one of the best pieces of advice I could give anybody.