Anish Acharya

Mark was there.

And just to see these two guys walk in, total badasses with their matching kimonos, with their Celsius drinks, and just hold the room by being these deep, authentic technologists and product people, it's just not something that I'd seen before.

And there was so much of a setup to the meeting that it's one I'll never forget.

I mean, they're all extraordinary.

Let me tell you the strengths.

Mark is the guy that can just tell you, one, he'll paint a picture of the future, but two, he knows everything about everything else outside of technology.

He's read every book.

He's memorized them all.

He's got these incredible stories.

Of course, he invented the consumer internet.

So his storytelling ability is extraordinary.

Then, to me, I mean, Hard Things was the first honest business book.

Okay.

And I always say about business books, like the business model of business books is selling business books.

It's not making you better.

Most business books are full of shit.

And Hard Things is the first one that was like authentic.

And if you've read it as a founder, you're like, oh my God, somebody finally sees me.

So just his sort of stories of wartime and navigating these inflection points and his ability to contextualize that for whatever you're going through, totally unmatched.

The thing about DG that's so special is a lot of us are sort of these founder investors.