Dino Mavrookas

Private equity I equate to is like you're buying a house and just trying to fix it up and flip it. And venture capital is like you're just buying a plot of land and hoping a city develops around it. Gotcha. Gotcha.

Private equity I equate to is like you're buying a house and just trying to fix it up and flip it. And venture capital is like you're just buying a plot of land and hoping a city develops around it. Gotcha. Gotcha.

Private equity I equate to is like you're buying a house and just trying to fix it up and flip it. And venture capital is like you're just buying a plot of land and hoping a city develops around it. Gotcha. Gotcha.

It was hard. It was hard. I mean, if you look at it on paper and the accomplishments, it's like, yeah, A+. But you sit down and have a conversation with my wife. It wasn't easy. You mentioned imposter syndrome earlier. This is where it really came into play for me. I didn't think I was going to get a job. Literally, I'm like, what do I know? I know how to clear hallways and shoot guns.

It was hard. It was hard. I mean, if you look at it on paper and the accomplishments, it's like, yeah, A+. But you sit down and have a conversation with my wife. It wasn't easy. You mentioned imposter syndrome earlier. This is where it really came into play for me. I didn't think I was going to get a job. Literally, I'm like, what do I know? I know how to clear hallways and shoot guns.

It was hard. It was hard. I mean, if you look at it on paper and the accomplishments, it's like, yeah, A+. But you sit down and have a conversation with my wife. It wasn't easy. You mentioned imposter syndrome earlier. This is where it really came into play for me. I didn't think I was going to get a job. Literally, I'm like, what do I know? I know how to clear hallways and shoot guns.

I'm not gonna get, there's one of the deans of the school really mentors the veterans a lot at war and she's amazing. And I used to go in her office and I'm like, Marilyn, I'm not getting a job. And she would just laugh at me and be like, you're out of your mind. I'm like, no, seriously, I'm being serious. So there's all this stress that looking back on it,

I'm not gonna get, there's one of the deans of the school really mentors the veterans a lot at war and she's amazing. And I used to go in her office and I'm like, Marilyn, I'm not getting a job. And she would just laugh at me and be like, you're out of your mind. I'm like, no, seriously, I'm being serious. So there's all this stress that looking back on it,

I'm not gonna get, there's one of the deans of the school really mentors the veterans a lot at war and she's amazing. And I used to go in her office and I'm like, Marilyn, I'm not getting a job. And she would just laugh at me and be like, you're out of your mind. I'm like, no, seriously, I'm being serious. So there's all this stress that looking back on it,

i would have i would have liked to just know that it would have been okay right and i think i put a lot i put a lot of pressure on myself to not only figure it out but figure it out quickly and that's the other thing i underestimated like how long this transition would really take right this is 10 years later it's like the first time i really feel like i have my feet under me wow right and

i would have i would have liked to just know that it would have been okay right and i think i put a lot i put a lot of pressure on myself to not only figure it out but figure it out quickly and that's the other thing i underestimated like how long this transition would really take right this is 10 years later it's like the first time i really feel like i have my feet under me wow right and

i would have i would have liked to just know that it would have been okay right and i think i put a lot i put a lot of pressure on myself to not only figure it out but figure it out quickly and that's the other thing i underestimated like how long this transition would really take right this is 10 years later it's like the first time i really feel like i have my feet under me wow right and

Everything in the teams too is relative. You're always comparing yourself to the guy next to you, and you're like, well, I'm not as messed up as that guy. I can do it. If he can keep going after four surgeries and being in an explosion, I should keep going. And that's not necessarily the right attitude.

Everything in the teams too is relative. You're always comparing yourself to the guy next to you, and you're like, well, I'm not as messed up as that guy. I can do it. If he can keep going after four surgeries and being in an explosion, I should keep going. And that's not necessarily the right attitude.

Everything in the teams too is relative. You're always comparing yourself to the guy next to you, and you're like, well, I'm not as messed up as that guy. I can do it. If he can keep going after four surgeries and being in an explosion, I should keep going. And that's not necessarily the right attitude.

I love that you said post-traumatic stress and not post-traumatic stress disorder because it's not really disorder. It's just you're fundamentally different after going through certain traumatic experiences. And if you think you're not, that's the problem. And I think for too long, I didn't think that my military career affected the way that I was thinking about things, affected my...

I love that you said post-traumatic stress and not post-traumatic stress disorder because it's not really disorder. It's just you're fundamentally different after going through certain traumatic experiences. And if you think you're not, that's the problem. And I think for too long, I didn't think that my military career affected the way that I was thinking about things, affected my...

I love that you said post-traumatic stress and not post-traumatic stress disorder because it's not really disorder. It's just you're fundamentally different after going through certain traumatic experiences. And if you think you're not, that's the problem. And I think for too long, I didn't think that my military career affected the way that I was thinking about things, affected my...

emotions my ability to connect with my wife and my family and like all of these things that looking back on it i should have noticed earlier right i came out i went i'll never forget this so i went to the va and did my whole like va off-boarding thing And I specifically waited. So I didn't go in Virginia Beach. I went in Philadelphia.

emotions my ability to connect with my wife and my family and like all of these things that looking back on it i should have noticed earlier right i came out i went i'll never forget this so i went to the va and did my whole like va off-boarding thing And I specifically waited. So I didn't go in Virginia Beach. I went in Philadelphia.