Ashwin Agrawal
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Both those things are mistakes that I've made.
And I think I continue to learn how to judge what
I also don't beat myself too much over it because in a growing company, there's just so much happening.
There's just so many phases of that company that somebody who's right for one phase of the company may not be right for the next phase.
And that phase in a growing company comes very quickly.
With the first couple of years, every three months, we were completely transforming.
So the person who was...
The right person for that initial phase was just not the right person or not able to evolve enough for the next phase.
And so I think that those are that's one one mistake.
I think the other mistake that I have made is signing for long term contracts with vendors just because it was working out well at a certain time.
And that was a bit of an expensive mistake I made.
avoided doing that.
But on one of the platforms, we actually spent quite a significant amount.
We were getting good ROI and we were basically like told really good stories for the future.
And I think it was our mistake as well.
We didn't do enough due diligence and we signed a two-year contract.
And two months after signing the contract, they changed some policies, which completely plummeted our ROI.
And that was a bit of a money sink.
And so I think I've also learned that long-term contracts can be quite risky.
So you have to be very careful about that as a young company.