Ben Wilson

Do you miss it? No.

Do you miss it? No.

And it just reminded me of so many other founders. It's just like this really odd personality trait that you just notice between them. They just are reflexively not introspective. The funniest is when people ask Steve Jobs about him being adopted and whether that had any impact on his psyche. And you'd expect him to either be like, yeah, that really changed who I am.

And it just reminded me of so many other founders. It's just like this really odd personality trait that you just notice between them. They just are reflexively not introspective. The funniest is when people ask Steve Jobs about him being adopted and whether that had any impact on his psyche. And you'd expect him to either be like, yeah, that really changed who I am.

Or at least be like, no, that had nothing to do with it. But instead he's just like very flippant. It's just like completely not introspective, right? He's just like, yeah, no, I don't know. I don't know.

Or at least be like, no, that had nothing to do with it. But instead he's just like very flippant. It's just like completely not introspective, right? He's just like, yeah, no, I don't know. I don't know.

Yeah. I've always, the analogy in my head is, uh, it's like a shark that smells blood, right? When you find a great founder and you're like trying to stick a microphone in the shark's face and you're like, Hey, why are you chasing this thing that you smell bleeding?

Yeah. I've always, the analogy in my head is, uh, it's like a shark that smells blood, right? When you find a great founder and you're like trying to stick a microphone in the shark's face and you're like, Hey, why are you chasing this thing that you smell bleeding?

It was like the shark, what I do, even if it tried to introspect, it doesn't know, you know, like all it knows is it smells blood and like, please stop sticking a microphone in my face. Cause I need to eat, you know? And I think that's true of like, When people find the thing that they were born to do, it's really hard to get them to think about why that is.

It was like the shark, what I do, even if it tried to introspect, it doesn't know, you know, like all it knows is it smells blood and like, please stop sticking a microphone in my face. Cause I need to eat, you know? And I think that's true of like, When people find the thing that they were born to do, it's really hard to get them to think about why that is.

I don't even know that they have insight on it.

I don't even know that they have insight on it.

Yeah, that's, it's interesting. Do you have like one or two people that you really think of that these stories have really stuck with you and you feel like you resonate with them and this is someone that you feel like their soul is like yours in some way and you really want to be like them?

Yeah, that's, it's interesting. Do you have like one or two people that you really think of that these stories have really stuck with you and you feel like you resonate with them and this is someone that you feel like their soul is like yours in some way and you really want to be like them?

Are you trying to get private jet money? You believe that this is the next?

Are you trying to get private jet money? You believe that this is the next?

I like, and I guess this is part of the wonder of entrepreneurship is that like, and just life in general is people will get interested in stuff that I would just never be interested in and that's okay. And, uh, if, if Todd, uh, what's his name? Todd Grace. Yeah. Like, he has a chicken finger dream. And in my head, I think, why? Who cares?

I like, and I guess this is part of the wonder of entrepreneurship is that like, and just life in general is people will get interested in stuff that I would just never be interested in and that's okay. And, uh, if, if Todd, uh, what's his name? Todd Grace. Yeah. Like, he has a chicken finger dream. And in my head, I think, why? Who cares?

And it almost boggles my mind that you're not in it for the money. Why are you not in it for the money? At the end of your life, you're going to die. And Raising Cane's apparently makes good chicken strips. But you're going to leave behind a bunch of fast food restaurants that more or less resemble... The Chick-fil-A across the street. And that was your dream?

And it almost boggles my mind that you're not in it for the money. Why are you not in it for the money? At the end of your life, you're going to die. And Raising Cane's apparently makes good chicken strips. But you're going to leave behind a bunch of fast food restaurants that more or less resemble... The Chick-fil-A across the street. And that was your dream?